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1. Respiratory Health Issues. Downward curved fingernails can indicate a problem with respiratory health, and are often present in people who have medical conditions such as COPD, chronic bronchitis, asthma and lung cancer. Fingernails often curve downwards as a result of lack of oxygen.
Why do fingernail curve down? What makes my fingernails curve down at the edges? For a while I thought It was because I used to cut them badly - but even since I started cutting them straight across, they curl down and cut into my fingers. Am I doing something wrong, or is this just genetic, or what?