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Suggest Remedy For Pink Toe Nail With Cracked Cuticle After Having Scraped Toe

I have been playing basketball today for about say 2 hours and when I got home I you know took of my socks and later during basketball my toe was scraping my other toe and i couldn t run. I looked at my toe when I got home and the toe nail (pinky) was red and then right by the cutical there is a tiny little crack. What do I do?
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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I am Dr atishay Bukharia and I would be answering a question..
damage to cuticle is very slow in healing so the best policy is to wait and watch and if secondary infection sets in then you can use fusidic acid cream twice daily..

hope it help

if you have any other questions please feel free to contact me

Regards
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Suggest Remedy For Pink Toe Nail With Cracked Cuticle After Having Scraped Toe

welcome to healthcaremagic.com I am Dr atishay Bukharia and I would be answering a question.. damage to cuticle is very slow in healing so the best policy is to wait and watch and if secondary infection sets in then you can use fusidic acid cream twice daily.. hope it help if you have any other questions please feel free to contact me Regards