# Skin / nail changes **URL:** \ **Category:** Symptoms and Treatments\ **Created:** [June 23, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/skin-nail-changes/440 "2013-06-23T21:15:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![otrame](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/otrame/32/303_2.png) [@otrame](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/otrame)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/skin-nail-changes/440/1 "2013-06-23T21:15:47Z")
Has anyone else had skin/nail changes as a result off erythromelalgia? I have lost all of my toenails and my skin on my toes it's severely affected my skin. ---
**Author:** ![Jed](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/jed/32/465_2.png) [@Jed](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/Jed)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/skin-nail-changes/440/2 "2013-06-23T21:24:20Z")
out of my experiences i have not yet had this... but the only thing i can think of is that your toes are not getting enough blood flow therefore nails dying... im no expert im onlu 16 hha ---
**Author:** ![otrame](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/otrame/32/303_2.png) [@otrame](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/otrame)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/skin-nail-changes/440/3 "2013-06-24T02:31:07Z")
I’m 52. I never was able to wear shoes for long, by 18 the episodes of burning and itching were frequent. By 24 I lost my first nail, not in one action, but in a slow deterioration. I’ve gradually and painfully lost all of them now have no normal skin left on my toes. The skin is almost like cellophane in places, and thick and scaly in others.