Every time your toenail runs into the front of your shoe, that's a microtrauma to the nail bed that causes them to grow in such a way that they "get fluffy and thicken" over time, she explains. In addition, a damaged toenail is more vulnerable to fungal infections, another factor that...
because I caught my toe under a door and ripped off my toenail. There was a metal plate under door. I do think we need to be our own advocates. They wanted to give me the three in one (including whooping cough) vaccine but I strongly said no. I remember I had the tetanus shot 10...