"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Applying a fresh coat of nail polish can provide an immediate mood boost, but it can also be ...

During 2020, I, like many others who were stuck inside, tried to learn how to DIY everything. Cutting my own hair, at-home waxing—you name it, I DIY’d it. And while I was in the middle of my 50th ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." First, a crash course on what fingernail ridges even are: Vertical nail ridges (lines that run from your ...

Most people think of nails as something you paint, trim, or show off, but they’re actually tiny health reporters. The way ...

In Eastern medicine there are all sorts of explanations given for markings on nails but I think it's fair to say none of them have much substance. You'll find vertical ridges mentioned in reference to ...

Fingernails, often overlooked, are biological indicators of health. Conditions like clubbing, white flecks (leukonychia), blue nails, dark lines, spoo ...

Spencer Kroll, MD, has a book on his shelf that he used in medical school. In it, there’s information about a once-common practice for doctors. When they’d shake the patient’s hand upon entering the ...

What causes the ridges on my nails? They run along the length of the nail (top to bottom). My mother who is 92 also has them but far worse than ...