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  2. Beau's lines - Wikipedia

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    Beau's lines can also be a sign of zinc deficiency. [8] A researcher found Beau's lines in the fingernails of two of six divers following a deep saturation dive to a pressure equal to 305 metres (1,001 ft) of sea water, and in six of six divers following a similar dive to 335 metres (1,099 ft). [9] They have also been seen in Ötzi the Iceman.

  3. Trachonychia - Wikipedia

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    "The longitudinal striations can occur as a normal part of the aging process", [2] and not until the nails start to thin and get a sandpaper look is the condition called trachonychia. The nails are opalescent and frequently are brittle and split at the free margin. There has been evidence of the condition as a cutaneous manifestation of lichen ...

  4. Mees' lines - Wikipedia

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    Mees' lines can look similar to injury to the nail, which should not be confused with true Mees' lines. [1] Mees' lines appear after an episode of poisoning with arsenic, [2] thallium or other heavy metals or selenium, [3] opioid MT-45, and can also appear if the subject is suffering from kidney failure. [4] They have been observed in ...

  5. Muehrcke's nails - Wikipedia

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    Muehrcke's lines were described by American physician Robert C. Muehrcke (1921–2003) in 1956. In a study published in BMJ, he examined patients with known chronic hypoalbuminemia and healthy volunteers, finding that the appearance of multiple transverse white lines was a highly specific marker for low serum albumin (no subject with the sign had SA over 2.2 g/dL), was associated with severity ...

  6. Nail disease - Wikipedia

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    Koilonychia - spooning, or nails that grow upwards. Associated with iron-deficiency anaemia or vitamin B 12 deficiency. [citation needed] Pitting of the nails is associated with psoriasis. Beau's lines are horizontal ridges in the nail. Habit-tic deformity is a condition similar to Beau's Lines caused by long-term skin picking.

  7. Woman breaks records with her 18-foot-long fingernails - AOL

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    Photo: Guinness World Records. It takes Ayanna, a nail technician, over 20 hours to paint her nails, which requires two bottles of nail polish. With this time commitment, she only paints them once ...

  8. Yes, Timothée Chalamet's Shockingly Long Fingernails in “A ...

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    Director James Mangold went as far as comparing Chalamet’s nails to the talons of a vampire in a Dec. 19 interview published by Business Insider. "Yeah, he was growing them," he told the outlet.

  9. Onychomadesis - Wikipedia

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    Onychomadesis is a periodic idiopathic shedding of the nails beginning at the proximal end, possibly caused by the temporary arrest of the function of the nail matrix. [ 1 ] : 784 [ 2 ] : 660 One cause in children is hand, foot, and mouth disease . [ 3 ]