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Weird toe nail

On my left big toe I have a deep groove that runs the whole length had it for years. I lost this nail from running once and another time from hand foot and mouth when it was going around my sons school. Ever since it’s been weird

Now I notice something that looks like a hangnail only pink at the spot where this grows from on the cuticle

Do either seem like skin cancer ? My doctor just quit no new doctor yet and I cannot stop but think it has to be something bad the growing with a fragile deep groove has been ongoing but the little sore skin at the cuticle is sorta new
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3191940 tn?1447268717
That doesn't sound like skin cancer.  Google images of subungual melanoma.  It's usually dark brown and often looks like a streak.  It's not pink-ish.  What you're describing is more likely to be a result of nail trauma in the past.
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Thanks. I did have injury a few times. Never had a what seems to be still alive skin hang nail. Thank you for the reply. Guess I just now have an ugly toe nail :-) thank you
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