A hangnail infection is a type of skin infection (paronychia) that happens when a hangnail—flaps of pulled or damaged skin at the base of the nail—becomes infected. This infection occurs when certain ...

Maybe you’ve been slacking on moisturizing recently, and now your cuticles are dry and cracked. Or you’ve had a nail-biting type of week, and you’ve got the jagged hangnails to show for it. At first, ...

Our hand health isn’t something we pay particular attention to — that is, until we get a pesky hangnail or two. Unfortunately, hangnails can not only look unattractive, but tend to be quite painful, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are very few things worse than dealing with a hangnail. You know, that ripped sliver of nail that's ...

When Tammy Russ cut her thumb removing an ingrown hangnail, little did she know that she would nearly lose her life 24 hours later from a rare flesh-eating bacteria. When Tammy Russ cut her thumb ...

When Tammy Russ cut her thumb removing an ingrown hangnail, little did she know that she would nearly lose her life 24 hours later from a rare flesh-eating bacteria.But thanks to the team at Central ...