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What causes moons on fingernails?
The matrix helps make new cells. These cells then come together and push out of the skin. The lunula, or lunulae in the plural, is the visible portion of the matrix, although it may sometimes be hard to see. Skin color and other factors may make the lunulae more or less visible.
Does everyone have a lunula?
Although everyone has a nail matrix, not everyone will see or have a lunula on each nail. Those who do have a lunula may notice that they vary in appearance across each nail. Read on to learn more about what these half-moons look like, when their appearance could be cause for concern, and when to see your doctor.
Mar 27, 2018
What does a healthy lunula look like?
Most nails have a white half-moon shape at the base, just above the cuticle, called a lunula. It's biggest on the thumbnail and decreases in size as you make your way to the pinkie. And a change in color or size of this feature may indicate an underlying disease, Linder explains.
What is the white semi circle on my nails?
The lunula is the white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail. In humans, it appears by week 14 of gestation, and has a primary structural role in defining the free edge of the distal nail plate (the part of the nail that grows outward).
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