OUCH!
There's lots of things this COULD be, and NONE of them are good! Get yourself to a specialist ASAP. Most of the possibilities are endocrine related, so try to get to an endo.
At the very least bring it up with your GP and try to get referred to someone who stands a better chance of figuring it out!
Trust me, some of the things that can cause this are LIFE THREATENING. So get it taken care of, and fast!
Granted... most of them are not life threatening and are very easily treated with OTC supplements... but... how big of a risk are you willing to take if it's one of the REALLY bad things?
My qualifications for telling you to get it checked out? I'm studying to be a cosmetologist. Nails like yours are classified as "do not touch and refer to a physician", meaning, I couldn't give you a manicure or pedicure. I'd be legally REQUIRED as your cosmetologist to send you to a physician. The book doesn't go into too much detail but does say a little about some of the conditions that your nails could be caused by... and some of them are definitely nothing to toy with.
There's lots of things this COULD be, and NONE of them are good! Get yourself to a specialist ASAP. Most of the possibilities are endocrine related, so try to get to an endo.
At the very least bring it up with your GP and try to get referred to someone who stands a better chance of figuring it out!
Trust me, some of the things that can cause this are LIFE THREATENING. So get it taken care of, and fast!
Granted... most of them are not life threatening and are very easily treated with OTC supplements... but... how big of a risk are you willing to take if it's one of the REALLY bad things?
My qualifications for telling you to get it checked out? I'm studying to be a cosmetologist. Nails like yours are classified as "do not touch and refer to a physician", meaning, I couldn't give you a manicure or pedicure. I'd be legally REQUIRED as your cosmetologist to send you to a physician. The book doesn't go into too much detail but does say a little about some of the conditions that your nails could be caused by... and some of them are definitely nothing to toy with.