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Left thumbnail five months after nail loss, at the first visit to our hospital (a) and 10 months after nail loss (b).
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At her first visit to our hospital, five months after the nail loss, her left thumbnail was absent and the nail bed was entirely exposed (Figure 1(a)). Her left thumbnail had thus shown no significant changes after 10 months of observation: the nail bed was still naked and showed no signs that it would regenerate (Figure 1(b)).
Left thumbnail one month after starting the external use of bFGF (a), and three months subsequently (b).
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One month after beginning the treatment, nail regrowth was observed up to the halfway point of the nail bed (Figure 2(a)). After three months of the same treatment, the regrown nail reached the top of the nail bed, and there was no visible difference between her two thumbnails (Figure 2(b)).