i’ve had my nails long pretty consistently for a few years now and i’ve noticed something weird that my some of my nails are doing. i used to have that overhang where the nail isnt attached to the finger beneath where like dirt would get under (i.e. the nail bed ending before the finger) and now i don’t? as you can see in the picture it’s not like my finger is growing it’s just skin?? it’s not dry or anything and it doesn’t have nerves or anything. i don’t think it’s a problem but i was curious if anyone else has had this
by strawberry-creamer
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I have this too from having nails for so long. My old nail tech said to push them when you get out of the shower. Mine hurt, though, when I push them back or I get something under my nail.
It’s called the hyponichium. When you’ve had long nails for a while it tends to grow a bit higher to suport the longer nail. You can try to gently (really gently) push it back each time you’re under the shower
English is not my first language so I hope it makes sense what I said 😅
This area is called the hyponichium. It’s the vascular skin that actually holds your nail plate down to your nail bed. It is very common for it to grow excessively when the nails are worn long, for a long time. You don’t want to pull or cut at it because you can actually cause your nails to lift and it will definitely be painful. What you can do is keep it oiled, and you can push it very gently with an orange wood stick. Because it is grown out this far, you don’t want to be cutting your nails shorter than this area.