Vertical Ridges On Fingernails
Posted in: Fingernails' problems by weddingcometrue | May 6th 2010 | no comments
Fingernails have a lot of business with your health. They are in direct connection with everything that happens in your body. They are a mirror to your overall health and they are the first thing that your doctors look at when going to a control check.
Rather than just indication some external fingernail disorders they are able to make a prognosis relating your internal disorders. You can observe changes in the shape of the fingernails, in the color of your fingernails, in their thickness, their growth rate, and other such signs.
Nails are made out of a protein called keratin; they therefore, alert us regarding the eating habits. Once you observe some white spots on your fingernail plate there are most probably signs that you have some calcium deficiency. Calcium is very important for your fingernails, as it keeps them strength and also gives them the daily hydratation. Calcium is also as important as to prevent your nails become brittle.
Once your nails are brittle, you can see that they start appearing some vertical ridges on fingernails. Therefore, if one observes some problems with ones fingernails should pay more attention to the eating habits. Eat more dairy products, leafy vegetables, sesame seeds, and even take a vitamin supplement. The vitamins supplements that you take should be taken just under the doctor’s prescription.
Vertical ridges on fingernails can also have other causes like getting old. As time passes all of us get older and with getting old we can observe changes not only on our fingernails look but on our entire body. Just like we do not have the same elasticity we used to for our body, the same thing happens to our fingernails as well, as they stop growing with the same speed, they tend to form vertical ridges.
Another important cause, but that can be prevented is the nail moisture. Whether the fingernails are not kept moisturized constantly, they tend get ridged and cracked. To keeping your nails healthier and come into their help, one can use a hand and nail cream daily.
Smoking is also a cause of the vertical nail ridges. Long term smokings will lead to the nail ridging. So if you feel and know that you have been practicing this “sport” for a long period of time, you should take immediate measures in order to protect your fingernails beauty.
To avoid the appearance of fingernail ridges one should use always rubber gloves when doing the housework and being around chemicals, use moisturizing oils for your nails, made of almonds or olive oil, cease using so much fingernail polish and start using fingernail polish remover that does not contain acetone, check up the appearance of your fingernails at least once a week, so that you can observe if they have a different look.
Vertical ridges are not such a serious issues of your fingernails, but it is better to have healthy and good looking fingernails, than ridged ones.