VERTICAL SPLITS IN THE NATURAL NAIL;WHAT TO DO?
Generally, vertical splits in the nail are caused by some type of injury to the nail matrix, which may or may not be permanent. Keeping the nail covered wth some type of cvering, such as a wrap r gel overlay with fiberglass generally does produce good results. Keep the free edge trimmed short and maintain the repair regularly for best results. In most cases this allows the damaged part of the matrix to heal and produce healthy nail that nolonger splits. If you don’t repair the nail w/a covering then the split will continue further down the nail bed and not have a chance to repair itself. Nails are made of the same keratin protein as hair is (minus the colrant),and is also composed of STRANDS just as hair is. Nail (strands) are compressed together rather than “individual” as hair strands are. So, when one of the nail strand “folicles” (this is not correct terminology, but used to be descriptive) is damaged within the matrix, it stops making nails strands (temporarily usually). This “mis
