Thickening and hardening of nails may be caused by ageing, congenital thick nails, gray nails and other reasons.
1. Ageing: With age, the metabolism of the body slows down, causing the accumulation of keratin in the nail area, resulting in the thickening and hardening of nails, which generally does not require special treatment.
2. Congenital Thick Nail Disease: it is a hereditary skin disease, affected by genetic factors, patients usually show symptoms such as thickening and hardening of nails, loss of luster, easy to brittle and cracked.
3. Gray nail: the disease is caused by fungal infection, fungi invade the nail plate, subnail tissue, will lead to changes in the nature of the nail, texture, color, etc., which may appear nail thickening and hardening, yellowing of the situation.
If the nails become thick and hard due to aging, generally do not need treatment, if it is due to congenital thick nail disease or gray nails and other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for examination and treatment.