yucky question about toe nails

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I've just notices that behind my little toenail is a massive buildup of something hard, like a calcium deposit. it''s so thick that i can't cut the nail.
Does anyone know why this has happened and how I can get rid of it?

eurgh, can you dig it out?

lol and bleugh at digging it out. have you noticed anything else about your nails

What colour is it? Is it under the nail edge or under the whole nail plate?

Binkleandflip - it's whitish and it seems to be under the whole nail.

It could be a fungal infection between the nail plate and the nail bed. Best to get it checked out anyway as these things are usually pretty easy to treat.

Thanks B and F.

yep, some fungal infections affect the nail and make it all hard, ridged, etc. Can need a six month course of tablets to clear as by then nail has completely regrown.

It's a fungal infection.

I have it too On 2 toes on my right foot. Looks manky when I have sandals on

I was treating it with a small jar of stuff you paint on, it smelled rank, but it was making no difference.

There is a cream they sell over the counter now that is supposed to help

I remember when I had my toenail infection (lovely it were), it had to be oral tablets to treat it effectively. So can be worth a trip to the docs for prescription.

you can put a drop of neat teatree oil on every day which will clear it up but you have to carry on for about 3 months

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you need to go to the dr and get prescription anti fungal tablets, like antibiotics

paint and creams DO NOT work

I took horrible tablets FOR A WHOLE YEAR to get rid of a toenail infection once! Sort it out before it gets too bad.