View Orange Skin Around Fingernails US. Can biting the skin around your fingernails cause skin cancer? Any idea what could be causing this?
It protects the skin underneath it.
This can affect the skin around nails when your hands are exposed to the sun. It may be the result of lupus or another connective tissue disorder. If this doesn't pertain to you, if you don't wear dark or bright polish and without base coat, then consult a. The skin under the nails is quite sensitive, and you can easily injure yourself.