Onychogryphosis – Thickened Toenail

This is the overgrowth of the nail plate which becomes distorted, thick and claw-like. The nail becomes curved, discolored and thickened (much like a rams horn).

Onychogryphosis is often triggered by the following, or a combination of:

• Injury to the nail/nail bed,
• Poor circulation / degeneration of the vascular system,
• Thyroid disease,
• Weakened immune system (allowing fungal infection to cause damage to the nail bed),
• It is also something that is often hereditary.

Attempts to correct the condition have been successful, such as:

• Ensure your shoes aren’t cutting off circulation, or putting pressure on those toes.
• Constant friction on the nail exasperates the condition, so it’s important to file the horn formation down until it is flat.
• This is better done after a good soak in tea tree oil, bicarb, and/or colloidal silver (one of, or you can try all three).
• There are anti-fungal applications, combined with the heat from a foot bath, they will help your immune cells fight off any fungal or bacterial infections in the toes skin and nail, while softening the nail for trimming/sculpting.
• Clean out any soft pulp material from under the nail.
• Alternatively, one can opt for surgical nail removal.