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my fingernail on the 4th finger of my right hand is finally starting to look better. the nail, which doc helped me cut short in the last photo i took of it, finally came completely off a week or so after that. actually, i had to help it, which was really gross, but at least it stopped catching on things. now, the new nail has come in almost halfway, and i guess the part above that is the remainder of the old nail that was underneath the skin. yeah, i know, yuck.
i’ve noticed that all my nails are slightly ridged with vertical lines that extend all the way from the base of the nail to the tip. i don’t know if this has something to do with getting older, or nutrition, or just a side effect of having thin brittle nails anyway. but i noticed that the new one is coming in perfectly smooth. it will be strange if it doesn’t develop ridges to match the other ones.
i have noticed that my nails have similar ridges, its especially easy to see on the larger thumb nails. i never really thought about it, its just the way they are. i don’t know the physiology of nails, but maybe there are a discrete number of “nail glands” that cause ridges. wow, come to think of it i am completely ignorant on how nails grow.
Here’s more than you need to know:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/WO/00020.html
of interest is this quote: “Some nail conditions are harmless. These include vertical ridges, which may become more pronounced as you age, and white lines or spots.”
Bonnie