Go beneath the varnish and pay your nails some attention \u2013 they\u2019re guaranteed to need it. The key to healthy fingertips is all in the detail and they could be showing you signs worth taking note of\u2026 Yup, your nail colour can actually clue you in to underlying health issues.\u00a0It\u2019s time you knew what your nail colour (sans varnish obvs) says about you\u2026<\/p>\n
READ MORE: 7 Ways To Finally Stop Biting Your Nails For Good<\/strong><\/p>\n Nutrient deficiencies are one of the most common reasons cited when things go wrong with nails. \u201cAnaemia can show itself in pale nails that lack colour,\u201d says dermatologist Dr Adam Friedmann. Look familiar? It may be time to boost your iron intake.<\/p>\n READ MORE: 5 Signs You Might Have A Scary Vitamin B12 Deficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have a black stripe and it doesn\u2019t change width, it\u2019s likely to be a benign mole under the nail bed. But noticed it changed shape or grew? \u201cSee a dermatologist urgently as it may be a melanoma, a form of skin cancer,\u201d says Dr Tim Clayton, consultant dermatologist and lecturer at the University of Manchester.<\/p>\n READ MORE: 5 Signs Of Breast Cancer That Have Nothing To Do With Lumps<\/strong><\/p>\n Nails can reveal whether something\u2019s a little off with your thyroid. \u201cThings to look out for include discolouration of the nail plate,\u201d says dermatologist Dr Anita Takwale. A yellow\/green tinge can also indicate a fungal infection \u2013 either way, best to get it checked.<\/p>\n \n Then back to colour! We\u2019re all over Dis-Chem\u2019s ranges of nail varnishes right now \u2013 plus: a bunch of them are on special. Shop the catalogue now.<\/p>\n Go beneath the varnish and pay your nails some attention \u2013 they\u2019re guaranteed to need it. The key to healthy fingertips is all in the detail and they could be showing you signs worth taking note of\u2026 Yup, your nail colour can actually clue you in to underlying health issues.\u00a0It\u2019s time you knew what your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[978,979],"class_list":{"0":"post-4608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-style-beauty","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-advice"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5191,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions\/5191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}No colour\/very pale<\/h2>\n
Black lines<\/h2>\n
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Nails lookin\u2019 fine?<\/h2>\n
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