[TimoDassss]

I don't know if this is in the nail technician realm or not but...

Is there anything I can do for a fingernail that is just very odd shaped? I have grown my fingernails out and they are beautiful but I have one that is just shaped weird. It curves up on one end and flat like it is supposed to be on the other.

I actually answered this for Kim Shoot, I don't have the saved book I wrote back to her, oh well since I like you I'll type it all out again

I have a few clients whose nails grow 'wavy' or curl after a certain length. You can't really stop it, how your nails grow is predetermined in the matrix aka nail bed, which lies just behind that 1/2 moon you can generally see on your nails underneath the cuticle. Trauma to the nailbed and matrix can result in changing the growth pattern resulting in ingrowns, splitting when past the free edge, thickening of the nail, or curves/waves.

I told Kim to play around with nail shapes and lengths, the longer nails get, the more likely you are to get breaks, stress points at the free edge... especially since women treat their nails like tools.


These are common nail shapes and lengths; if you want to keep the length I'd recommended trying (a)rounded, (b)oval or (g)squound (square with rounded edges).. Squound looks the best and help 'disguise' wavy/curves in the nail.

Depending where the nail starts to curve may be your cut off length unfortunately. Hope that helps