Green Spot Under Acrylic Nail

Once you get the product off your nail wash it with soap and water douse it in Bactine or Peroxide take your hair dryer to it and make sure its dry.

Green spot under acrylic nail. Some nail fungus from artificial acrylic nails may cause the natural nail to detach from its nail bed. Green nails are caused by a bacterial infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus. The green spots wont go away.

The condition is usually confined to one or two nails and can involve fingernails or toenails. Two weeks ago I noticed a pea green spot under my thumb under my acrylic overlay which kept growing and a darker almost brown spot on my idex finger on the other hand which basically remains the. The discoloration is a stain in the keratin of your nail thats caused by a by-product of the bacteria.

When the acrylic nails are lifted or they are not fitted properly over the natural nails water gets in easily and thus it provides a breeding ground for the infection. Thats why its fairly common with acrylic nail treatments. See posts photos and more on Facebook.

This type of infection can also happen if you reglue the artificial nail before you clean the gap. As a nail technician our training tells us that the best thing to do is remove the nail and let it grow off. And this green discoloration varies from blue-green to dark green to bluish-grey and the discoloration depends on the extent of infection.

Black spots under nail can also be caused by the following conditions. Clean the wound with water or saline solution. Green nail syndrome GNS is an infection of the nails that leads to a greenish discoloration of nails also known as chloronychia.

Under your nail enhancement for example. This green spot is a bacteria. The treatment for green nails is to remove the enhancement and trim clean and disinfect the nail to kill the pseudomonas bacteria.