Acrylic Nail Injury

The subungual hematoma is probably the most common nail injury encountered in Emergency Medicine.

Acrylic nail injury. The fingertip is frequently injured because it is the point of interaction between the body and ones surroundings in the majority of activities performed on a daily basis and it is the most distal portion of the upper extremities. However there are several steps you should take before seeing a doctor when you injure your nail bed. You can do that yourself by soaking the nail in regular polish remover one that has acetone in.

Its finest to form the pure nail to the form of the acrylic nail as theyll match higher particularly for those whore doing it yourself. Apply a bandage if necessary. Contraindications for electrocautery trephination Acrylic nails flammable.

Youll need to go back to the nail salon every 2-3 weeks to get the gaps. Traditional dogma directed the provider to remove the nail to repair underlying injuries in the presence of 25-50 hematoma. Nail trephination is most likely to be successful if performed within 48 hours of injury.

There can be pain bleeding and destruction of the underlying nail. Part or all of the nail may be removed. Large hematoma involving more than 50 of the nail.

Closed injuries to the nail can happen when there is a mild crushing of the finger tip as in a door crush injury or when a weight like hammer falls over it. Cuts in the nail bed will be closed with stitches. Overzealous cleaning under the fingernails.

Injury to the nail bed. We would go through the elaborate procedure of removing the nail. Thursday 6th December 2018.