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Maintains
contours of nail bed while it is healing. |
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Helps to
prevent contracture and scarring of nail bed. |
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Acts as a
spacer to prevent adhesion of the eponychial fold to the nail bed. |
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Reduces
longitudinal grooving of the nail plate. |
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Provides
cosmetic benefit to the fingers. |
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Protects
the highly tender and sensitive nail bed from painful stimuli during
healing. |
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Eliminates
adherence of an exposed nail bed to the dressing, and hence makes
dressing change more comfortable to the patient. |
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Reduces pain following avulsion injuries to the nail plate or
surgery of the nail bed. |
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Reduces the need for analgesic intake following nail bed surgery. |
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Curved almost like a real nail - it molds the healing matrix and
nail bed. |
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Nearly Transparent - it permits easy observation of nail growth. |
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Geometrically optimized - it has high strength in its longitudinal
direction, to foster firm seating in the sulcus. |
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