Published: January 17, 1997. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16â Ennis William Cosby, the only son of Bill Cosby, was shot to death early today on a Los Angeles freeway ramp in what the police said might have been a robbery attempt as he changed a flat tire.
The following is the recommended way to trim thick toenails: 1  Soak your nails for at least ten minutes in warm, soapy water. 2  Completely dry your toenails. 3  Use the emery board or file.  Trim the nails, starting at one corner and continuing straight across to the other corner.
Why do toenails thicken as we age but fingernails donât? A. With age, there is a rapid decrease in the growth rate for both toenails and fingernails, said Dr. Richard K. Scher, head of the nail section at Weill Cornell Medical College. As a result, both kinds of nail thicken, because of the piling up of nail cells, called onychocytes. Fingernails do not thicken as much, however, because the decrease in their rate of growth is much smaller. And fingernails tend to be filed and buffed much more, which thins them. Other factors that can affect the rate of thickening include long-term trauma and impaired circulation.