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Nail Variations Related to Gender

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Except for the anatomy of the nail apparatus, some differences exist among physiological features taking into account nail growth, nail shaping, nail lipid content etc…

The decoration of the nail is usually the privilege of the women who use nail polish which sometimes causes adverse reactions, as do sculptured nails, premixed acrylic gels, UV LED technology, “DIP” nails, “Press-on” nail, Art coatings and temporary press-on artificial nails.

A variant of the “worn-down nail syndrome” is described as “the bidet nail”. Nail disorders associated with menstruation, can also be related to the contraceptive pill and to pregnancy.

Unfortunately, women pay a heavy toll in daily chores!

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  1. Nail Disease Center, Cannes, France

    Robert Baran & Doug Schoon

  2. Science and Technology, Creative Nail Design Inc., Vista, CA, USA

    Robert Baran & Doug Schoon

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  1. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Ethel Tur

  2. Department of Dermatology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Baran, R., Schoon, D. (2018). Nail Variations Related to Gender. In: Tur, E., Maibach, H. (eds) Gender and Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72156-9_5

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