What Is Onychatrophia Nail Disease?

onychatrophia is an atrophy or wasting Away of the nail plate which causes it to lose its luster, become smaller and sometimes shed entirely. injury or disease may account for this irregularity.

What is the meaning of Onychatrophia?

: an atrophic or undeveloped condition of the nails.

Can Onychatrophia be treated?

Doctors will treat the condition that caused the atrophy, but no treatment is available to improve onychatrophia. The reason for this is that the problem isn't in the nails; onychatrophia is characteristic of a larger problem and cannot be treated in isolation.