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2. What Dermatologists Want You to Know About White Spots on ...

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   Causes of white spots on nails. The presence of white spots on your nails can mean a number of things. Experts say the discoloration is most commonly due to injury and is usually not a major cause ...

3. Why Are My Toenails White? Doctors Explain. - AOL

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   The condition is generally harmless and can show up as white spots or streaks on your nails or an overall white discoloration, according to the Cleveland Clinic. It can be caused by a number of ...

4. Leukonychia - Wikipedia

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   It is also caused by trauma. In most cases, when white spots appear on a single or a couple of fingernails or toenails, the most common cause is injury to the base (matrix) of the nail. When this is the case, white spots disappear after around eight months, which is the amount of time the nails take to regrow completely.

5. Here's Why Your Toenails Might Be White—and What to ... - AOL

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   "Trauma could cause white spots on the nails or even white lines (leukonychia)," says Dr. Mendeszoon. "Bumping one’s toe or being stepped upon may cause injury to the nail plate and dermis ...

6. Onychomycosis - Wikipedia

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   Distal subungual onychomycosis is the most common form of tinea unguium [2] and is usually caused by Trichophyton rubrum, which invades the nail bed and the underside of the nail plate. White superficial onychomycosis (WSO) is caused by fungal invasion of the superficial layers of the nail plate to form "white islands" on the plate. It accounts ...

7. Mees' lines - Wikipedia

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   Mees' lines can look similar to injury to the nail, which should not be confused with true Mees' lines. [1] Mees' lines appear after an episode of poisoning with arsenic, [2] thallium or other heavy metals or selenium, [3] opioid MT-45, and can also appear if the subject is suffering from kidney failure. [4] They have been observed in ...

8. The white spots on your nails aren't from a vitamin ... - AOL

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   Causes and treatments for white spots on nails Trauma "The most common cause of a white spot is trauma," Lipner says. And, when trauma is the culprit, it's often from manicuring. Filing, gel ...

9. Nail disease - Wikipedia

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   Onychodystrophy is a deformation of the nails that can result from cancer chemotherapy which includes bleomycin, hydroxyurea, or 5-fluorouracil. It can include discoloration of the nail, or dyschromia. Onychogryposis, also called "ram's-horn nail", is a thickening and increase in curvature of the nail. It is usually the result of injury to the ...