When the skin around the heels becomes thickened or dry, it loses it’s suppleness and elasticity, and can split under simple pressures such as that from walking. This can lead to unsightly, painful and even bleeding cracked heels.
When the skin around the heels becomes thickened or dry, it loses it’s suppleness and elasticity, and can split under simple pressures such as that from walking. This can lead to unsightly, painful and even bleeding cracked heels.
Thick, brittle, yellow-brown, or opaque nails are common with fungal nail infections. The infected area may crumble or seem to pull away from the rest of the nail. Fungus thrives in the warm, moist, dark environment created by wearing closed-toed shoes. Nail injury also increases the risk of fungal nail infection.
Hammer, claw and mallet toes display as varying contracture combinations of the small joints in the toes. These deformities can make shoe fitting a nuisance and can lead to painful corns and callouses.
An ingrown toenail may cause pain, pressure, and even cut into the skin leading to an infection.
Ram’s horn nail is increase in the volume of toe nail which can resemble class or a ram’s horn. This condition can be caused by trauma or diseases related to the narrowing of arteries. Neglect of proper toe nail cutting can also lead to this condition.
