Purpose Of Fingernail Whites

[smith]

Do fingernails store excess minerals, like calcium? Do they act as a reserve for something?

 

[paymanz]

I dont think so.

 

[smith]

I dont think so.

You don't?

 

[paymanz]

?

 

[opethfeldt]

They're a poor man's thyroid test.

 

[Cloudhands]

Theyre good for scratching and protecting the fragile nerve endings of the fingers etc

 

[chrismturner89]

I havent had white moons on my fingernails for years but when i supplement with a b complex a few start to reappear. Anyone else have any ideas as to what they signify?

 

[Opioidus]

They're a poor man's thyroid test.

Elaborate.

 

[Nicole W.]

I havent had white moons on my fingernails for years but when i supplement with a b complex a few start to reappear. Anyone else have any ideas as to what they signify?

They are called lunela. Some traditional medical systems view them as being reflective of the person’s health. The color, shape and appearance/disappearance of them all have special significance.

 

[opethfeldt]

Elaborate.

They're a quick and easy way to tell if you're hypothyroid. It's not scientific or particularly accurate but there is a correlation, in my experience. All the obviously hypothyroid people I know have just their thumb lunela present. I myself have this situation. At my greatest state of health, I was getting the ones on my index fingers back. I also notice the ones on my thumbs change in size according to my metabolic health. So yes, I was half joking but it is a fairly easy way to tell how you're progressing in terms of metabolism.

 

[Cloudhands]

Also: different ways of the fingernail deteriorating or indentations can signify specific nutrients being deficient,
When Vitamin And Nutritional Deficiencies Cause Skin And Nail Changes

 

[chrismturner89]

They're a quick and easy way to tell if you're hypothyroid. It's not scientific or particularly accurate but there is a correlation, in my experience. All the obviously hypothyroid people I know have just their thumb lunela present. I myself have this situation. At my greatest state of health, I was getting the ones on my index fingers back. I also notice the ones on my thumbs change in size according to my metabolic health. So yes, I was half joking but it is a fairly easy way to tell how you're progressing in terms of metabolism.

I think there is definitely something too this.

Still doesnt explain why b vitamins help mine. Although, my thyroditis massively reduces with methylfolate..