Dealing with Nail Psoriasis

[ArthriticScientist]

Hello!

I'm curious as to how people with psoriasis of the nails are coping.

I have had various toenails implicated, and they've been everything from a little yuck and clearing up after a few months to huge and gross and long lasting.  At the minute I only have two toenails acting up, one where I ended up cutting the entire nail off and the other is a bigtoenail that refuses to be trimed filed or removed.

The treatment for my arthritis (mtx/humira) has mostly cleared up any skin psoriasis but the nails have no interest in behaving themselves. 

How do you deal with the nail issues?

[Fred]

Nails always seems to be the hardest part to get clearance with. My toenails are worse than my fingers, and I have even had some almost come off from the bed completely. I found they did get better with the use of the Biological treatments, but I still have a few problems.

I have found soaking my feet for an hour in warm water with some shower gel helps soften them up and I try to do this at least once a month, along with a good trim up off the nails. (Always cut them straight across to reduce the chance of ingrown toenails), I also put the plug in for my daily shower so my toes get a good soaking.

But apart from that I've never found anything myself that helps. I too would be interested in what others think.

[ArthriticScientist]

Another curious thing I noticed the other morning, on the toe where the psoriasis cleared up, the shape of the nail itself has changed. How odd that it has been remodelled into a better shape