Manicure With Nail Psoriasis

Pits, ridges, crumbling, thickening, and lifting can occur. Cuticle cutting, aggressive buffing, drilling, and artificial nails may irritate or weaken the nail. Discoloured Nails can have causes other than psoriasis and should not be treated as cosmetic change alone.

Tell the professional about psoriasis and request clean tools, gentle filing, no cuticle cutting, and no scraping. Trim comfortably short, smooth sharp edges, and avoid drilling or buffing. Moisturise around nails and wear gloves for wet chores. Skip polish over cracked, painful, draining, or infected skin. A dermatologist may discuss topical treatment, steroid injection into the skin, or biologic therapy.

Pause manicures for increasing tenderness, swelling, warmth, pus, or separation. Seek prompt assessment for a new dark streak, unexplained bleeding, or new finger or toe stiffness, swelling, or pain.

Ask which steps are safe now, whether polish or enhancements should be avoided, how to protect a separated nail, and whether skin or joints need treatment.