In a message dated 2/18/06 4:14:43 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> Does anyone know about a cause for vertical ridges in the fingernails?  
> They look healthy, no sign of anything wrong other than many vertical ridges 
> in 
> every fingernail. All my life they've been thin and too delicate to grow out 
> long, but they were always smooth.  Several months ago I asked my doctor 
> about the ridges and she said she hopes they don't mean anything is wrong and 
> showed me her nails which looked just like mine.  They seem to have gotten 
> worse 
> in the last few months, so CS must not do a thing for them. 
> 
>                                                                              
>           Pat
> 

Mine have been that way for several years.  I've seen a ND and they say my 
digestion/assimilation is not up to par.

Edith