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    Dec 5, 2009, 07:23 AM
    What do fingernail moons mean
    My nails have moons, however the lower part of the moon on some of them are redish. What does this mean?
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    Dec 5, 2009, 08:15 AM

    The moons are the "nail matrix", the part of the nail bed that is growing, generating the nail. I am sure you mean, pinkish, not redish, meaning a healthy nail bed.

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