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Did yous know that your fingernails can provide clues to your overall wellness?

For example, ice pick-like depressions in the nails (boom pitting) are mutual in people who have psoriasis — a condition characterized past scaly patches on the peel. Nail pitting can also be related to connective tissue disorders, such as Reiter's syndrome, and baldness areata — an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss.

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