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  2. Chalkboard scraping - Wikipedia

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    Chalkboard scraping. Scraping a chalkboard (also known as a blackboard) with one's fingernails produces a sound and feeling which most people find extremely irritating. The basis of the innate reaction to the sound has been studied in the field of psychoacoustics (the branch of psychology concerned with the perception of sound and its ...

  3. The hidden dangers of acrylic nails and why you might ... - AOL

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    Extremely thin nails may not be the best for acrylics. 4. It might be hard to spot, but infection below the nail bed can become all too real. This also goes back to overused, worn out nail tools ...

  4. We Ask a Derm: Are Acrylic Nails Bad for You? - AOL

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    Acrylic nails have been around for decades. Used to add length and thickness to your natural nails, they’re also super customizable in their shapes and colors. Though their popularity continues ...

  5. Artificial nails - Wikipedia

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    Artificial nails are an extension, not a replacement, of natural nails. There are two main approaches to creating artificial nails – tips and forms: A tip is a heavyweight nail-shaped plastic plate glued on the end of the natural nail, or, if it is a full-cover tip or "press-on", glued on top of the entire nailbed, and can have gel, dip or acrylic added on top

  6. Hand fetishism - Wikipedia

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    Female hands. Hand fetishism, [1] hand partialism or cheirophilia is the sexual fetish for hands. This may include the sexual attraction to a specific area such as the fingers, palm, back of the hand and/or nails, or the attraction to a specific action performed by the hands; which may otherwise be considered non-sexual—such as washing and drying dishes, painting of the fingernails and nail ...

  7. Here’s Why Your Nails Keep Peeling and Flaking—and ... - AOL

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    9. You need to exfoliate. When skin feels dry we tend to reach for a body scrub to slough off any flakiness. The same intention applies to nails. “The nail is composed of layers of dead nail ...

  8. Nail (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The nail matrix is the active tissue (or germinal matrix) that generates cells. The cells harden as they move outward from the nail root to the nail plate. [3] The nail matrix is also known as the matrix unguis, keratogenous membrane, or onychostroma. [4] It is the part of the nail bed that is beneath the nail and contains nerves, lymph and ...

  9. Superstition in Russia - Wikipedia

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    A stranger should not look at a newborn baby before it is a certain age (between two months and one year). If one looks at the baby, it is considered bad luck to compliment it. Mothers typically do not show their baby to anyone except the boys, the midwife and other close relatives for forty eight hours after the baby is born.