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Acetone changes nail plate structure

Can acetone soak change the structure of your nails

Date: April 17, 2023
By: Doug Schoon
Categories: Nail & Skin Conditions, Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

Can I cut the keratinised proximal nail fold?

Date: July 8, 2021
By: Marian Newman, BEM
Categories: Nail Anatomy, Natural Nails

Dealing with nail ridges

Client will not let anyone buff her nail ridges?

Date: July 4, 2023
By: Doug Schoon
Categories: Ask the Experts, Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

Do all nail plates grow 1mm a week?

Date: July 1, 2021
By: Tracy Anne Shelverton
Categories: Nail Anatomy, Natural Nails

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

Hyponychium growth

Date: August 6, 2022
By: Vitaly Solomonoff
Categories: Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

What are the seals of the nail unit?

Date: April 5, 2021
By: Marian Newman, BEM
Categories: Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

What does the nail matrix do?

Date: June 21, 2021
By: Kevin Nicholls
Categories: Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

What is the difference between the nail bed and the nail plate?

Date: June 21, 2021
By: Kevin Nicholls
Categories: Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

What is the nail matrix also known as?

Date: June 21, 2021
By: Kevin Nicholls
Categories: Nail Anatomy

<img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" data-src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="545" height="295" src="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image default-featured-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002.jpg 545w, https://dev.nailknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image002-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" />

Where is the cuticle?

Date: April 5, 2021
By: Kevin Nicholls
Categories: Nail Anatomy

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