A seemingly healthy older woman complains of these lines in her fingernails. You reassure her that these changes are benign and merely a result of getting older.
A seemingly healthy older woman complains of these lines in her fingernails. You reassure her that these changes are benign and merely a result of getting older.
As a person ages, the nails may thin and become brittle. Ridges form, splits occur and the free edge of the nail often splits (onychoschizia). The nails may thicken, becoming hypertrophic, with onychogryphosis at the extreme.
Splitting of a nail is common as a person ages.
Thickened, hypertrophic nails.
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