Extremely wavy thumbnails - Nail Problems Message Board

MrEGuy72 · 02-19-2008, 08:37 AM

I've had wavy thumbnails for the past couple of years. At times, they're worse than at other times. But at the moment, they are about as bad as they've ever been.

Its only the 2 thumb nails. No other finger nails or toe nails have this problem. The waves are from side to side. Not from bed to tip. The 2 nails have large lunula that extend nearly half way up the nail. I've taken an image of the nails, one nail viewed from the top and another from the side. The image can be found at (I see now not to post links to images so I removed it. That makes things much more difficult.).

Any information you can pass along would be appreciated. Thanks.

Bri

Marti · 02-19-2008, 11:42 AM

I am assuming that you have ridges from side to side - are they brownish in color, or are they clear? It could be Beau's Lines.

MrEGuy72 · 02-19-2008, 11:54 AM

They have no unusual color. Its just the normal clear nail color. Yes, from side to side. They aren't ridges though. There are 2 large waves in the nails from side to side, very large peaks. The valleys also seem to be deeper than the normal nail should lay as well. They grow out over time as new ones form at the base of the nail.

I just googled beau's lines. Its nothing like that. The waves are much much more prominent. I wish there was a way I could link to the image of them.

It looks sort of like... if you lay a piece of cloth flat in front of you and push 2 opposite sides toward each other into the center. The cloth would buckle up in waves. This is the closest description I can think of.

Marti · 02-20-2008, 06:28 AM

Have you had any type of trauma to the nail plate or to the skin just above the nail plate?

MrEGuy72 · 02-20-2008, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Marti

Have you had any type of trauma to the nail plate or to the skin just above the nail plate?

No. No trauma. And both thumbnails seem to grow quite identically. Although the left one is slightly less pronounced. Ok. Since I can't post an image link, let me try to ascii draw it. *giggle*. This is a side view of my thumb (nail in red). This is actually pretty close to scale of the waves in my nail as well.

.........Wavy thumb nail..........knuckle
.....................-..-..--------===----
.Tip of finger..|
....................\________________