Manicure Pedicure Contraindications

This is a condition where the cuticle around the nail plate splits leaving loose, flaky, dry skin.

• Hangnail

• Broken nail

• Loose skin

• Split nail

Commonly known as white spots ?

• Half moon

• Leuchonychia

• Lunula

• Free edge

These are characterised by a blue discolouration at the lunula. They are usually a sign of poor circulation or heart condition.

• Beaus Line

• Peeling Nails

• Blue Nails

• Hangnails

This is another name for nail-biting.

• Onychophagy

• Onychorrhexus

Onychorrhexis is ...

• Also known as brittle nails.

• Also known as nail biting.

Onychauxis is ...

• Peeling nails

• a thickening or thickened nails which may be a result of trauma

• Blue looking nails

This is an overgrowth of cuticle that adheres to the nail plate and grows forward with it.

• Ptergium

• Hangnails

• Blue nails

• Onychophagy