White spots on toenails

White spots on the nails, in the form of long white fluctuations and if they appear on more than one nail, may be caused by protein and other nutrient

Nails Health Problems

Help! I took off my nail polish and now I think I have a fungus!

What can the color of your toenails tell you about your health? Watch WebMD's slide show for various shades to know if you need to talk to your doctor.

Medically speaking, those little white marks that sometimes appear as dots or lines on finger and toenails are known as leukonychia. They are usually benign and due to an injury, an allergy, or a vitamin deficiency. For the most part, you...

Noticing pale nail beds, fingernail lifting, or nail thickening? Your natural nails can help spot potential health problems — some of them serious.

Noticed white spots appear on your toenails that never used to be there?Removed your nail polish to find that your nails look more spotty and less healthy?Worried about what white spots on the nails mean?

Many of our clients already know what this is but for those that don’t here’s the lowdown! If after removing your toenail polish, you see these white chalky patches then in most cases it is a condition called keratin granulation. These occur from constant polish wearing. This is not a fungus but can look much like it and can trigger a fungus so it is important to treat it. Keratin granulations occur because the polish dries out the surface of the nail. When the nail surface gets this dry it…

Those white spots you sometimes get on your fingernails? Totally normal. Usually.