Well, when it reaches the end and is no longer connected to the tissue underneath I will know for sure. I will keep you posted.
Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > This could be the result of a high pressure area in the nail as it grows > out of the cuticle that reveals a normal blue color like that seen in veins > under the skin of a fair complected person. If you look across the upper > plane of the nail, you'll find that it is not uniform, but waves up and > down /grows thick then thin, perpendicular to the direction of the finger > as it progresses toward the end in a process resembling the extrusion of > molten glass on a molten tin bed. If it's not absolutely uniform, the > resulting plate glass will be inferior. The body rarely does anything > uniformly. > Changes in diet can modify the way the nail grows. Various nutritional > deficiencies and excesses can show up there as well in both color effects > and thickness. > Ken > > At 12:14 PM 8/25/02 -0400, you wrote: > >I have heard some people say that taking fairly large amounts of CS has > helped > >darken their gray hair. It is also my understanding that fingernails are > >basically the same as hair, only wide and thick. > > > >I have experienced what I might term fingernail argyria after taking large > >amounts of 80% ionic/20% colloid 5 ppm CS. After reducing the dosage to > only a > >few ounces a day, instead of a couple of quarts a day. It is no longer > forming. > >Unfortunatly when it first appeared at the base of the nail in the area > that is > >normally white or light colored, I was looking for a medical problem such as > >poor circulation. However now that it has grown out beyond the white area > and > >the white area has returned to white, I now realize it is a stain inside the > >nail itself, and will eventually grow out and be trimmed off. > > > >Does anyone else have any information on this. Does this mean that although > >silver is not normally retained by tissues, that is can be in newly formed > >tissues? Would that make one more susceptible to argyria if they get > sunburned > >and new skin has to grow to replace the burned skin? > > > >The attached picture does not show the effect very well. The darkened area > near > >the base is much darker than the picture shows in reality. It seems that the > >flash washed the color out of the blue area. > > > >Marshall > > > > > >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\fingernail.jpg" > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
