1927-60: reports of 10 cases 1964: Samman and White describe the condition and coin the term 'yellow nails'.' This is the first description of a new syndrome of slow-growing nails with a characteristic appearance and oedema, usually affecting the ankles 1966: the syndrome is defined as the presence of a triad of yellow nails, lymphoedema and pleural effusion2 1972: the presence of two of the th...

background: toxic and hazardous heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury, zinc, chromium and iron are found in a variety of personal care products, e.g. lipstick, whitening toothpaste, eyeliner and nail color. the nails absorb the pigments of nail polishes and vaporized or soluble metals can easily pass it. the goal of this survey was to assess whether the different colors of nail polishes comp...

Background: Toxic and hazardous heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury, zinc, chromium and iron are found in a variety of personal care products, e.g. lipstick, whitening toothpaste, eyeliner and nail color. The nails absorb the pigments of nail polishes and vaporized or soluble metals can easily pass it. The goal of this survey was to assess whether the different colors of nail polishes comp...