Beau's lines.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040315/1417.html
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Beau's lines (Figure 1) are transverse depressions in the nail plate that often follow local trauma. They may reflect poor nutritional status, febrile illness, or a reaction to medication. Occasionally, they occur with eczema, usually atopic or chronic hand eczema. Beau's lines are a temporary cessation in nail growth and tend to appear about one month after the inciting event. Beau's lines tend to resolve spontaneously, by moving distally
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http://clevelandclinicmeded.com/dise...aildisease.htm
Do you have these lines in your fingers too? If so I'd get checked for heavy metal poisoning. Arsenic is the most likely culprit, and can be accidently ingested these days (ground water from wells, playing on pressure treated wood, inhaling burning wood from pressure treated sources, some ceramic plates, etc).
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