10 Facts About The Lunula

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It is no doubt that nails are of a big importance since they can signal us that that something is going on inside our bodies. They can carry the symptoms of many dangerous diseases such as cancer.

If you hear lunula you might immediately think that that is just an area of pigment change under the nails, but it is more than that. That crescent-shaped whitish area at the end of a fingernail is actually really sensitive area and you should keep it safe because it can easily get damaged.

In this article you will read about 10 facts about the lunula, and some of them might be familiar to you, but some might not.

1. Lunula actually means small moon in Latin and that is where it got the name.

2. Not everyone’s lunula is visible and in rare cases

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