Translations. 1  Arabic: please add this translation if you can. 2  Armenian: please add this translation if you can. 3  Chinese: Mandarin: æ²ç² (zh), æç² (zh) (pÅ«fÄn), æ»ç³ç² (zh) (huÃ¡shÃ­fÄn), ç½èº«ç² (zh) (shuÇngshÄnfÄn)  Esperanto: please add this translation if you 1  can. Finnish: talkkijauhe.  Italian: borotalco (it) m, talco (it) m.
1 Protect your hands when it's cold outside to keep your nails from getting brittle and give them the chance to grow long.  Get plenty of sun, even in the winter, since the sun helps your body create the vitamin D your nails need to grow faster.
Fingernail ridges can indicate vitamin or mineral deficiencies as well as general malnutrition or other illness if they run horizontally, but are usually benign if they run vertically. Nutritional deficiencies can also cause fingernails to become misshapen, discolored or brittle, breaking easily.