Black lines on nails can be caused by trauma, nail pigmentation due to certain diseases, or melanoma. It can be treated under the guidance and advice of a doctor.
1. Trauma: if the nail has been recently extruded black line, may be caused by bleeding, for the nail bleeding, in general, if the black line is not increasing more without special treatment, more can be self-absorbed, pay attention to avoid re-traumatization.
2. Certain diseases: Inflammation of nail plate, systematic application of certain chemotherapy drugs, etc., can lead to nail pigmentation, and there will be black lines on nails, which can subside by itself after treating the original disease or stopping chemotherapy, and no treatment is needed.
3. Melanoma: it is a disease caused by excessive proliferation or malignant proliferation of melanocytes. Once the width of the black line on the nail is more than 5mm, or it is diagnosed as melanoma by pathological biopsy, surgery is usually chosen as the treatment. The treatment plan for malignant melanoma depends on the site of origin. Skin melanoma is usually treated with surgical excision, and targeted drugs, such as Vimofenib under the guidance of the doctor’s advice, are also available.
When the patient appears to have black lines on the nails, it is necessary to go to the hospital in a timely manner, after clarifying the cause of the disease to carry on the treatment, and under the guidance of the doctor’s advice to take medication, remember not to take it privately, so as not to cause adverse effects.