Evan Webeck is a reporter for MLB.com and covered the Dodgers on Tuesday. Todd Zolecki has covered the Phillies since 2003, and for MLB.com since 2009. Read his Phillies blog The Zo Zone, follow him on Twitter and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Onychoschizia or splitting of the fingernails is a common problem seen by dermatologists. The term onychoschizia includes splitting, brittle, soft or thin nails. Onychoschizia is more common in women. Only very rarely are internal disease or vitamin deficiencies the reason (iron deficiency is the most common).nychoschizia or splitting of the fingernails is a common problem seen by dermatologists. The term onychoschizia includes splitting, brittle, soft or thin nails. Onychoschizia is more common in women. Only very rarely are internal disease or vitamin deficiencies the reason (iron deficiency is the most common).
Woman with the longest fingernails in the world breaks them all in a car crash. A woman with record-breaking 3ft fingernails is recovering in hospital after surviving a car crash in which all ten were all broken off. Grandmother Lee Redmond is said to be devastated at the loss of her nails, which had not been cut for 30 years.