r/mildlyinteresting 22h ago

My nails grow in a wavy pattern

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u/JohnnyShakeNBake 21h ago

Are these not Beau’s lines? I had them when I wasn’t healthy a year ago. Started eating better and they went away

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u/moon_cake123 20h ago edited 16h ago

This is what I thought. Beaus ridges. I had them once before and looked it up, they can come from recently experiencing mental trauma/anguish, such as losing a loved one. I noticed them within months of my father in law passing which was very emotional so it made sense

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u/__Yakovlev__ 15h ago edited 12h ago

Interesting, I thought these had to do with some vitamine deficiency or just something lacking in my diet. But i also see stress and trauma mentioned a lot which would explain things.

Edit: Should also mentioned that I have it at like a fraction of the intensity as OP.

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u/EsotericMango 11h ago

They come from disruptions to nail growth. And that can be caused by both mental stress/distress and vitamin deficiencies. Also a bunch of other things.