Leave your weak nails in 2024. Dr. Mary Stevenson, a dermatologic surgeon at NYU Langone, said a lot of factors can lead to brittle, easy-to-chip nails. But if yours are constantly breaking and ...

Underneath the skin lies the matrix, responsible for generating new keratin that pushes the nail plate forward, causing fingernails to grow. The lunula, a visible half-moon shape at the base of ...