2 thin black stripes

[silvanne]

A 22 years old partner of a client showed me a problem with one of his nails. There are 2 very thin lines in it and they appair to be black . He said it is there for a few months. There growing paralell to each other and they are growing horizontally. I never seen it before and I dont think its a fungus, could any body tell me what this is?

 

[roseblanc]

Is it growing out with the nail or not? Does it look like dried blood stuck under the nail plate (which will look black). I have the same thing on my pinky finger, and it's because I banged my finger (pretty bad) on my desk about a month ago. It is however, growing out. This is the only thing I can think that it can be. Maybe someone else can chime in and give a little more insight.

 

[Vetty]

Chances are it's a splinter haemorrhage caused by trauma. It's caused by a bang to the nail which in turn causes a small bleed from a tiny blood vessel within the nail bed. It's nothing to worry about and will just grow out with the nail.

hth's

 

[lotus blossom]

is it like this or as mentioned above?

 

[Mrs.Clooney]

The nail plate is adhered to the nail bed by a series of parallel ridges which basically correspond with/ fit into eachother. This explains perhaps why, if it is a small haemorrhage, the lines are parallel, although I would expect them to be growing vertically (as in Lotus Blossoms Pic) as opposed to horizontally as you describe.

 

[nailtekireland]

If he got a bang on the matrix part,he may not remember doing it. The matrix,or 'living' part is just under the cuticle and if this receives a knock,it could result it something like you have explained. Hth xox
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[silvanne]

is it like this or as mentioned above?

Thanks ladys,

It looks a litle bit like this but the lines are finer. So it some kind of trauma ?