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White spots on fingernails

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• Re: White spots on fingernails (Archive in nails.) Walt Stoll 07:41:46 12/14/02 (1)
  • Dr. Stoll Re: White spots on fingernails (Archive in nails.) Mike 22:42:59 12/16/02 (0)
• Re: White spots on fingernails Dayne 10:16:44 12/12/02 (0)

In Reply to: White spots on fingernails posted by Mike on December 12, 2002 at 00:21:37:

Actually, I think it is a sign of excess calcium. I may be wrong, but I think I've heard that before. I'm sure Dr. Stoll will know the answer to this one.

Dayne

In Reply to: White spots on fingernails posted by Mike on December 12, 2002 at 00:21:37:

Hi, Mike.

Actually it can be either zinc OR calcium or any other stressful thing that might have happened It they are in nearly all (or ALL) of your nails, at about the same distance from the curicle, it definitely IS a marker for when a significant stressor happened to you (physically of mentally)--EXACTLY when you were growing that nail tissue.

Let us know how they exactly are located.

Walt

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• Dr. Stoll Re: White spots on fingernails (Archive in nails.) Mike 22:42:59 12/16/02 (0)

In Reply to: Re: White spots on fingernails (Archive in nails.) posted by Walt Stoll on December 14, 2002 at 07:41:46:

Thanks for your response Dr. Stoll.
Regarding the white fingernails though, they aren't mine---I was asking the question after I noticed them on 2 of my students. I will follow up though.