Has anyone else noticed this?

[Winterlight]

Someone mentioned to me yesterday that b12 defiency can cause the half moons your finger nails to disappear. I’d never heard of it so googled it and it seems it can. Upon putting my glasses on after looking for them for ages (they were on my head) I can see four of mine have vanished!!

Anyone else out there noticed there’s are smaller or not there?

[Canarian]

I’ve just looked at mine after your comment and I can honestly say the thumbs are faint and fingers non existent or almost non existent. So I seems like the advice is correct

[clivealive Forum Support]

I must have been scoffing too many Jaffa Cakes

[Winterlight in reply to clivealive]

😁 whole moon..half moon !! haha

[JMN2017 in reply to clivealive]

clivealive

Apologies for being dense, but what have Jaffa Cakes got to do with it, please?

[clivealive Forum Support in reply to JMN2017]

There was a TV advert in the UK for Jaffa Cakes a while back during which a teacher telling her class about eclipses uses a Jaffa Cake to demonstrate the different phases.

Hopefully you can watch the link

youtube.com/watch?v=-dtmRmO...(Not working as expected?)

[Drumstix in reply to clivealive]

Hahaha! Hadn't seen that...thanks for explaining 😁😁😁

[bubblesmcgee]

I hadn’t even noticed until you mentioned it! The only ones I’ve got left are the ones on my thumbs! All the ones on my fingers are gone!

[Hesterbear in reply to bubblesmcgee]

Same only have half moons on thumbs

[Drumstix]

Hi there!

I have very small ones on my thumbs and none at all on my fingers!

Does anyone know if it is just B12 def that causes this or can it be caused by other conditions or deficiencies too?

Drumstix

[DeeD123]

I don’t have any but as I’m b12 deficient and have hashimotoes as well I can’t say if it’s one or the other causing it. I also can’t remember if I have ever had them

[Coachlady11]

I’ve just checked and only have faint ones in my thumbs!!

I also read somewhere that PA can cause ridges in your nails which I also have

[pitney]

Yes I noticed mine had gone from my fingers a long time ago but I still have very faint ones on my thumbs

[Acdoore1981]

Yep me too. Small on thumbs but none on fingers. I had a nurse spend some time looking at my nails buy still insisted I didn't have PA!!!

[Frodo]

Yes, disappeared apart from thumbs, and have not come back with treatment.

[Fl17]

Yes, thumbs are biggest. And barely or not there on other fingers.

[designer8]

I've never had them on my fingers, just thumbs - even as a child! I thought that was normal! My grandmother had ridges on every nail and I was fascinated by that as a child. I can't remember her ever knowing why they were there. She's gone now, poor darling, so I will never know if she had PA - or any of the symptoms. So, if anyone wants me, I'll be down a Google rabbit hole researching half moons and ridges on fingers!

[kimm5201]

Little on thumbs and none on fingers