Dear Doctors: Right after I got a manicure, the skin around two of my fingernails got red and really swollen. My roommate says it can happen when the manicurist cuts your cuticles. Is that true? You ...

A Pennsylvania woman says a nail salon infection led to the partial amputation of her finger. Here’s what happened.

Fungal nail infection can be one of the many reasons for fingernail falling off. At least this is how people who have had the experience, describe it. We find it hard to agree with them though because ...

The nail is composed of a keratinized nail plate that lies over a vascular nail bed. The nail plate keratin is formed by the germinal nail matrix, which is located at the proximal end of the nail bed.

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold by ...

A lifelong nail-biter learned to stop the habit the hard way after he developed a serious infection that nearly cost him his finger. Steven MacDonald, from Scotland, told South West News Service (SWNS ...

A woman in England said she’ll never have her nails done again after a trip to the salon allegedly nearly cost her a finger. Brittany Guyatt, of Swindon, said that she had treated herself with a trip ...

A routine manicure in Pennsylvania spiraled into a medical nightmare when a woman walked out of a nail appointment and ended ...

A Pennsylvania woman decides to treat herself to a manicure at a local nail salon. However, she notices something strange on ...