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Sometimes called furrows or corrugations
What is Beau's Lines?
Are nails that turn into a variety of colors, which may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder or poor blood circulation
What is Discolored Nails?
Are noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal.
Also known as folded nail, is a type of highly curved nail plate usually caused by injury to the matrix, but it may be inherited.
What is Plicatured Nail?
Are vertical lines running down the length of the nature plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging.
Named for the color of the nail bed color, is usually caused by a lack of circulating oxygen in red blood cells.
Occurs because the matrix slows down in producing nail cells for several weeks or a month. This causes the nail plate to grow thinner for a period of time.
What is Beau's Lines?
A client's whose nail or skin is infected, inflamed, broken or swollen should not receive services and should _____
What is Be referred to a physician
______ ______ should always be avoided on brittle nails, since these products will increase brittleness.
What is Nail Hardeners
_____ _____ can be carefully trimmed, as long as the living skin is not cut or torn in the process.
What is hangnails?
What is Bruised Nail Beds?
A condition in which living skin around the nail plate splits or tears.
What is hangnail?
A condition caused by injury, heredity, or previous disease of the nail unit.
What is Nail Disorder?
Is darkening of the fingernails or toenails. It may be seen as a black band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge.
What is Melanonychia?
It is a myth that this condition is caused by a vitamin or mineral (calcium and zinc) deficiency
What is Leukonychia spots
Also known as white spots; whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by minor injury to the nail matrix.
What is Leukonychia?
Are soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appear scooped out.
What is Koilonychia?
Client's cannot sign a _____ or verbally give a cosmetologist permission to disobey state or federal rules and regulations.
What is waiver?
This condition often leads to ingrown nails.
What is Plicatured Nails?
This is a fairly common occurrence and considered normal in people of color, but could be indicative of a disease condition in Caucasians.
What is Melanonychia?
also known as brittle nails
Are normally weaker and can curve over the free edge; condition is usually caused by an improper diet, hereditary factors, internal disease or medication.
What are eggshell nails?
A _____ _____ could also be caused by an internal discoloration of the nail plate due to biological, medical or even pharmaceutical reasons.
Is caused by physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow. Blood stains the bed epithelium and during growth, the oxidized blood (now brown/black) gives the appearance of a small splinter in the nail plate
What is splinter hemorrhage?
____ _____ is less damaging to the natural nail plate and can be used with colored polish to give a smooth appearance while keeping the nail plate strong and healthy.
What is ridge filler?