nails

The look and feel of your nails can often be a big indicator of your overall health.  Nails exist to protect the nerve-rich fingertips.  They act as a substructure o the epidermis and they are made from a type of protein called keratin.  The nail bed is the skin on top of which the nails grow.  If a full nail is lost, it can take approximately seven months to grow out fully.

It has often been said that you can judge the health of a person by their nails. If a person has hangnails, chipping fingernails and uneven nail tones it is a sure sign that there is some sort of imbalance in the body.