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All of my nails (fingers and toes) are ridged, and I think they always have been.
Seems like they're smoother since I began treatment, but it's hard to tell
They seem to be growing much faster than before, maybe due to diet and supplements
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AHA!!!!
Springshowers...
YES! Was playing with the ridge on my thumbs last night.
Have been treating super aggressively, have been herxing like crazy the last 6 weeks.
Just my thumbs have a ridge right down the center, from the cuticle to about halfway of my nail.
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Yes Greta. Same as me !!
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oh mine are awful. treatment didn't help at all.
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quote: Ridges - If you wear nail polish or false nails, you may not see your nail bed very often. It is important to check your nails occasionally for ridges. If you have recently injured your finger like slamming, it with something a vertical ridge is not odd. If you notice horizontal ridges, from side to side, they could be a warning of a health problem. Most ridges are from childhood if you had trauma to the nail. In some rare cases, they are called Beau's lines. They can be a symptom from kidney disease, Lyme disease, liver problems, diabetes or circulatory disease. If you have these ridges, a checkup will put your mind at ease.
I wonder though what exactly causes the ridges ? Toxins or stress or lack of circulation or nutritional issues. I'm sure it's all of those but there must some more detailed explanation somewhere.
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quote:There are several causes of Beau's lines. It is believed that there is a temporary cessation of cell division in the nail matrix. This may be caused by an infection or problem in the nail fold, where the nail begins to form, or it may be caused by an injury to that area. Some other reasons for these lines include trauma, coronary occlusion, hypocalcaemia, and skin disease. They may be a sign of systemic disease, or may also be caused by an illness of the body, as well as drugs used in chemotherapy or malnutrition.[3]
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I've read that zinc deficiency causes ridges in nails.
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Cipro will allmost stop nail growth. The nails will have horizontal thin grooves when on cipro.
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This is very common in people who have long term infections. If they are not infected, it's often a sign of a mineral deficiency.
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When I treat aggressively, as I have on and off for years now, I have had (and still have) strong vertical ridges in my nails, but, you're right, for some reason it is especially my thumb nail.
I also have it on my toe nails, especially the big toe. I never had this before treatment.
I associate this with Candida, which it always a battle with so many abx. Any other ideas or confirmation of the cause? I have googled it a lot, but not come up with anything much.
It's not from trauma for me.
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I really think its from surge in toxins and infections released and stress on body as whole to heal. They call herxes a healing crisis and I think nails get disrupted in there natural more healthy growth pattern and state.
Speaking of the when treating more aggressively on and off
It does make me wonder about the state out bodies are put in when herxing and I try to be careful and not push it cuz I do think its not good to herx in any continual or ongoing way and it too hard.
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I am not treating(can't take the side effects)and I also have gotten ridges in my nails, the beaus lines of both of my big toes, and a vertical line on my pinkie nail.
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I'm not on any type of treatment yet, and 9 out of 10 of nails have ridges, dents and they are brittle. Have been for years.
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LisaK
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yes, mine started rippling when I started my present treatments with herbals. Mostly just on thumbs!
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My thumbnails have had marked vertical and horizontal ridges from childhood. My other nails have had horizontal ridges, though not as marked as the ones on the thumbs. I never knew what the significance was and still don't.
My nails were always weak and brittle. Ten + years ago I began going to a salon and having acrylic applied to my nails. I am happy with the results. My nails look great. They aren't the healthiest, I'm sure. But they never were to begin with. At least now they look decent and aren't splitting and breaking all the time.
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I am a cosmetologist and we had to study diseases of the hand/nails, face/skin, etc. and rippled nails means that something is off- deficiency or illness.
I have also seen huge changes in people that have had anesthesia and chemo, so I wouldn't be surprised if after a bout of abx that we get here would cause this to happen.
I wonder too if it is just the disease(s) itself, which would come out like this also if it was 'activated' by abx.
I remember when I was pregnant and my nails would curl
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Like Lymetoo, I too have heard that it means a zinc deficiency. If anyone with nail ridges wants to try an experiment to find out if this is so...?
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