Nails Zinc Deficiency

Transverse Nail Ridges: Horizontal lines may be a marker of a past episode

The color and shape of your nails provide important sign to your health

The condition of your nails may offer clues to your general health

Definition of «White spots on the nails»

Many people associate them with calcium deficiency, but the truth is that

About 20% of people have brittle nails. The typical peeling signs & symptoms

When nails look sandpapered and dull, consider (Figure 12):

WHO DOESN'T get those strangely mysterious white spots on their nails from

The majority of white spots on fingernails are caused by a previous injury

With pink or red nail discoloration,

Fingernails grow from the

Example of a central nail ridge

There are many myths surrounding those mysterious white spots on fingernails

zinc deficiency, go to a doctor.. start taking zinc supplements

Women often come to me complaining of weak, brittle fingernails: soft,

SIGNS OF ZINC DEFICIENCY: One easily recognized sign of zinc deficiency is

White spots do NOT indicate an iron deficiency! NOTICE: Spoon-shaped nails

White-lined bands across the nail: Possible protein deficiency

Zinc deficiency

White streaks or spots can indicate an iron or zinc deficiency. Yellow nails