Onychoschizia
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Onychoschizia is a splitting of the distal nail plate into layers at the free edge, a very common problem among women and represents a dyshesion of the layers of keratin
, possible as a result of dehydration.
Keratin
Keratin refers to a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key of structural material making up the outer layer of human skin. It is also the key structural component of hair and nails...
, possible as a result of dehydration.