Furrows

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I really hope you don't think bad of me for not knowing this - but . . . . . .

I know that damage to the matrix caused furrows but why do old people start to get furrows in their nails ?

My best friends mum has started to get them and has asked why as her nails have always been really good. What can I recomend for her. She doesn't want overlay.

Your help would be much appreciated.

Again !! xxx

 

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Furrows/ ridges are a completely natural occurance and will simply become more predominant as you become older... (and on some unlucky individuals)

The nail plate grows on two layers of skin - dermis and epidermis (bed epithilium) these two layers of skin have rails and grooves (think of two sheets of corrugated iron sliding over each other)
The nail plate is a flowable solid that over time will show up these rails and grooves and reshape itself over them... Hence high spots and low ridges and valleys on the nail plate..

It's pretty hard to explain without a drawing.. But if you take a look at Doug Schoons manual it gives you a pretty clear idea... HTH

 

[Fingertips ND]

Minor corrugated furrows are also hereditary - we all have them in our family!