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I have two nails on my left hand peeling(my pointer and thumb) i am right handed and no other nails have this problem?

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Dr. Hiep Le answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Although you are right handed but those two fingers of the left hand can be used when you pinch something so I wonder if the nails were exposed to certain chemical which makes them peel.

Answered 1/29/2022

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