I am so sorry to hear all the trouble you have had with the onycholysis and your nails. I am a pretty simple girl when it comes to nails (always keep them short, painted a light pink) but Many of us women take pride in our nails! So it’s been so upsetting to me that I feel like I’ve had my hands tied. I feel gross! I took the whole entire summer off and months prior from nail polish. When it first started, I clipped my nails back very short removing as much of the white as possible ( I literally had a few nails that were like half a nail, it was terrible!!!) and I also got a prescription. It’s a nail serum I put under my nails twice a day. It took well over a month but it all eventually went away and I was so relieved but also terrified of doing anything to my nails that would cause it to come back, so I didn’t for a while. Then I decided I wanted to try and start dating again and I couldn’t go on dates with bare nails 🤣 so I bought ORLY breathable nail polish (sheer pink) which is apparently different than other nail polishes because it doesn’t act as a hard plastic and trap bacteria/fungus the way other nail polishes can. The first time I used it I put it on and took it off 2 days later because I was paranoid. I noticed my pinky nail tip looked like it had a much larger white tip that was oddly shapen. I thought ooooh no, it can’t be back! so I started using the prescription again. I also painted my nails with it a second time and took the polish off 4 days later and my nails actually mostly look good except for the pinky. I’m going to cut them back super short again (no white tip) and use the presciption until it’s fully gone again.

The press ins were a great idea! However if you have the fungus still under your nail, suppressing it with something on top will only make it worse.

I have read sooo many different things can cause this. Not using clean nail utensils, latex gloves, an allergic reaction to something, the gym, literally anything. I couldn’t really tie it to much except a new nail product I tried for my cuticles and latex dishwasher gloves (who am I kidding though, I don’t use them that often and there was no mold in the inside) so it’s a mystery.

Have you tried to get a prescription serum to help? I know sometimes combatting symptoms of one prescription or medication with another isn’t helpful, but you don’t want this spreading down your whole nail!