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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Geezer on 29/01/2011 06:37:36

Title: Can you tell age from finger nails?
Post by: Geezer on 29/01/2011 06:37:36

My finger nails seem to show a certain pattern associated with their growth. Is there some sort of "time stamp" in the pattern just as there is a time stamp in the growth rings of trees?

Title: Can you tell age from finger nails?
Post by: RD on 29/01/2011 11:58:27

"Longitudinal ridging ... aging (http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/nails.html#plate)" ... http://www.dermnetnz.org/common/image.php?path=/hair-nails-sweat/img/ridge-n.jpg

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As we mature, the nail bed produces less oil and moisture,
 and this rail and groove effect becomes evident as vertical [longitudinal] ridges in the plate.

http://www.hooked-on-nails.com/naturalnails.html

[ Transverse ridging could indicate a problem ... http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/nails.html#plate ]