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A member asked:
Occasionally my 18 month old will have a really long cuticle on one nail, the skin around the nail peels and the skin underneath is wrinkled. why?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Maybe not a problem: Sometimes kids have little tags or bits of skin that stick out next to fingernails. Sometimes it's a little hangnail on the side of a nail. These can be safely snipped of by the doctor (or parent, if he/she has good eyes and steady hands) with tiny scissors like the ones on the smallest swiss army knife. I am not sure why these things happen, but they just might be a part of life.
Answered 12/9/2013
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