Nailing the Shared Etiology in the Formation of Curved Hair and Nail Growth

Abstract

A 55 year old African American woman presented for evaluation of alopecia and was noted to have very long fingernails that she had not cut for 10 years. Physical examination revealed long and curly fingernails with nail plate lengths of approximately 5-30 cm (Figure 1). The dominant right hand nail plates were shorter, as the patient reported occasional breakage from every day maneuvers.

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