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.
Deformities are often considered together with dystrophies, but the two are slightly different; deformities are generally considered to be gross changes in nail shape, whereas dystrophies are changes in nail texture or composition (eg, onychomycosis). About 50% of nail dystrophies result from fungal infection. The remainder result from various causes, including trauma, congenital abnormalities, psoriasis, lichen planus, and occasionally cancer. Diagnosis may be obvious on examination, but often fungal scrapings and culture are done.