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Shridhar Chillal (born 29 January 1937) is an Indian man from the city of Pune, who held the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand, with a combined length of 909.6 centimeters (358.1 inches). Chillal's longest single nail was his thumbnail, which measured 197.8 centimeters (77.87 inches).
At present, the specific cause of shell nail syndrome is unknown. American doctors Chalmers E. Cornelius and Walter B. Shelley first characterized the morphogenesis of the condition in a 1967 Archives of Dermatology publication, stating: "this disorder can be explained by the production of a curved nail by a normal nail matrix which grows out as a shell to thus form a roof over the atrophic ...
Onychorrhexis also known as brittle nails, is brittleness with breakage of fingernails or toenails. Paronychia is a bacterial or fungal infection where the nail and skin meet. Koilonychia is when the nail curves upwards (becomes spoon-shaped) due to an iron deficiency. The normal process of change is: brittle nails, straight nails, spoon-shaped ...
Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY. Updated November 12, 2024 at 11:00 AM. ... Lindsay’s nails cause the color of the nail bed to look half white and half red or brown, whereas Terry’s nails cause ...
Causes and treatments for white spots on nails Trauma "The most common cause of a white spot is trauma," Lipner says. And, when trauma is the culprit, it's often from manicuring.Filing, gel ...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common bacterial cause of green nail syndrome. Green nail syndrome is caused when the nail is exposed to a bacterial organism, which leads to opportunistic infection. [9] Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the most common cause but not the only one, [10] is frequently found in nature including in water sources, humans, animals ...
Becker's nevus (Becker's melanosis, Becker's pigmentary hamartoma, nevoid melanosis, pigmented hairy epidermal nevus) Benign melanocytic nevus (banal nevus, common acquired melanocytic nevus, mole, nevocellular nevus, nevocytic nevus) Blue nevus (blue neuronevus, dermal melanocytoma, nevus bleu)