Vitamins
This vitamin aids in immune support, and even speeds up, the healing processes of the body
What is Vitamin C
Rarely/Never burns, tans easily, Dark brown or black unexposed skin
What is Type 6
Abnormal mass varying in size, shape, and color. Any type mass not always cancer.
What is a tumor
Damaged skin around the nail plate becomes split or torn.
What is a hangnail.
Medical term for fungal infection of the
Tinea Pedis
This vitamin enables the body to properly absorb and use calcium.
Rarely burns, tans easily, and significantly. Dark Brown Unexposed skin
Type 5
A solid bump larger than 0.4 inches that can be easily felt
Nodule
Dark, purplish spots, usually due to a small injury to the nail bed.
What is a Bruised nailbed
Ingrown nails on either hands or feet
What is onychogryphosis
This vitamin helps protect the skin from harmful effects of the sun's rays
Tans well burns moderately. Fair to Olive unexposed skin
Type 3
Large blister containing a watery fluid; similar to a vesicle.
What is a Bulla
Lengthwise grooves in the plate, often mistaken for ridges
What is ridged nail
Separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed in either fingernails or toenails
What is onychomadesis
This vitamin supports overall health of the skin and aids in the health, function, and repair of skin cells
What is Vitamin A
Always burns, peel with burn, does not tan. Very white almost translucent, freckles unexposed skin
Type 1
Raised, inflames, papule with a white or yellow center containing pus in the top of the lesion
What is a Pustule
Bitten nails
What is onychophagy
Bacterial inflammation of the tissues around the nails plate causing pus, swelling, and redness
What is Paronychia
This vitamin helps the body respond to injuries and it regulates normal blood clotting
What is Vitamin K
Burns easily, usually peels, tans minimally. Light unexposed skin.
Type 2
A small elevation on the skin that contains no fluid, but may develop pus.
What is a Papule
Also known as a folded nail
Plicatured nail
Inflammation of the matrix and shedding of the nail caused by infection or injury
What is onychosis