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What Causes Thumbnail Ridging?

By Cynthia Bailey MD

The most common cause of those funny ridges down the middle of thumbnails is surprising – and it’s reversible. The ridging, also called habit-tic deformity, is caused by flicking the nail and adjacent cuticl...

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