Nail abnormalities

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Nail abnormalities are problems with the color, shape, texture, or thickness of the fingernails or toenails.

Just like the skin, the fingernails tell a lot about your health.

Pitting is the presence of small depressions on the nail surface. Pitting nails are often accompanied with crumbling of the nail. The nail can becomes loose and sometimes fall off.

Ridges are tiny, raised lines (linear elevations) that develop across or up and down the nail.

Beau's lines are linear depressions that occur sideways (across) on the fingernail. These lines can occur after illness, injury to the nail, and when you are malnourished.

Leukonychia is white streaks or spots on the nails.

Koilonychia is an abnormal shape of the fingernail where the nail has raised ridges and is thin and concave. This disorder is associated with iron deficiency anemia.

Brittle nails are often a normal result of aging, but may also be due to certain diseases and conditions.