White spots on the nails of a cosmetologist's patient should alert the doctor, as they may indicate significant problems in the body. Often, patients are embarrassed that their nails are not perfect, and they try to hide the white spots on the nails with a thick layer of varnish. The cosmetologist must remember that the condition of the nails can be a reflection of the changes in the body that have occurred over the past six months – the period of complete renewal of the nail plate. If you know the signs of some diseases, manifested, among other things, by white spots on the nails, you can conduct a preliminary diagnosis and refer the patient for an additional examination to doctors of other specialties.
The editors of estet-portal.com will tell about what diseases white spots on nails prevent .
- Classification of types of white spots on the nails and their causes
- Principles for the treatment of white spots on the nails
Classification of types of white spots on the nails and their causes
White spots on the nails can affect the plate totally and limitedly – in some areas, appear on all nails, on one or several, on the nails of both hands and feet at the same time.
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The lesion may look like small multiple dots, large single spots, vertical or horizontal stripes.
White spots on the nails may well appear under adverse external influences, when due to injury to the nail, poor-quality manicure, the use of aggressive nail polish removers, exposure to detergents and household chemicals layers of keratin, that form the nail are broken, and voids in the form of small bubbles form between them. At the same time, the layers between the layers in the form of water and fat are lost, the nails in these places turn white – dots, stripes or spots. Injury to the toenails and the appearance of white spots on them may be due to wearing uncomfortable shoes.
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Possible causes of white spots on nails:
- injury – dot spots, chaotic, the lesion is never total;
- stress, nervous shock – large spot in the middle of the nail, disappears as it grows;
- diet, malnutrition – paired white stripes across the nail;
- lack of vitamins, minerals – multiple white dots all over the nails;
- spring hypovitaminosis – solitary and small white spots on some nails;
- kidney disease – large white spots at the very bottom of the nail, the top remains pinkish;
- heart disease – white spots against the bluish color of the nail;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver – total white spots on fingernails and toenails;
- nail fungus – white spots are combined with a thickening of the nail, its stratification, darkening.
Principles of treating white spots on nails
Since the condition of the nails is directly related to the condition of the whole organism, diagnostic measures are carried out – spectral analysis for trace elements, scraping for fungus, if necessary – consultations with mycologist and dermatologist, neurologist, gastroenterologist.
Nail treatment is carried out in the salon with the help of professional (individually, at the choice of a beautician) care products, in addition to hand and foot massage, therapeutic baths, spa treatments. Home care is carried out using salt and oil baths, rubbing a solution of vitamin A in oil form, omega acids (in the form of fish oil) into the nail plates.
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