ITEC MANICURE PEDICURE COMPREHENSIVE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Lanula - ✔✔The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail.
✔✔What is the rate the finger nail grows - ✔✔3mm per week, replaced 2 - 3 times per
year
✔✔What is the rate the toe nail grows - ✔✔1mm per week, replaced every year to 18
months
✔✔Factors affecting nail growth - ✔✔Health
Age
Diet
Medication
Climate
Damage
Lifestyle
✔✔Onichosis - ✔✔Nail Disease
✔✔Leuconychia - ✔✔White spots (injury to the matrix allowing air pockets to form)
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔Brittle nails (poor blood supply or over use of strong detergents)
✔✔Hangnail - ✔✔The cuticle has split and is now prone to infection
✔✔Blue nail - ✔✔poor blood circulation (bluish in color)
✔✔Black nail - ✔✔the nail plate has black or brown patches. caused by the result of
heavy bruising.
✔✔Lamella Dystrophy - ✔✔Flaking (Hot water or harsh chemicals)
✔✔Pterygium - ✔✔overgrowth of cuticle
✔✔Onychauxis - ✔✔excessive thickening of the nail plate
✔✔Onychogryphosis - ✔✔Enlarged nail with increased curve
✔✔Onychatrophia - ✔✔Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and sometimes falls
off
✔✔Koilonychia - ✔✔Spoon shaped nail
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Lanula - ✔✔The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail.
✔✔What is the rate the finger nail grows - ✔✔3mm per week, replaced 2 - 3 times per
year
✔✔What is the rate the toe nail grows - ✔✔1mm per week, replaced every year to 18
months
✔✔Factors affecting nail growth - ✔✔Health
Age
Diet
Medication
Climate
Damage
Lifestyle
✔✔Onichosis - ✔✔Nail Disease
✔✔Leuconychia - ✔✔White spots (injury to the matrix allowing air pockets to form)
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔Brittle nails (poor blood supply or over use of strong detergents)
✔✔Hangnail - ✔✔The cuticle has split and is now prone to infection
✔✔Blue nail - ✔✔poor blood circulation (bluish in color)
✔✔Black nail - ✔✔the nail plate has black or brown patches. caused by the result of
heavy bruising.
✔✔Lamella Dystrophy - ✔✔Flaking (Hot water or harsh chemicals)
✔✔Pterygium - ✔✔overgrowth of cuticle
✔✔Onychauxis - ✔✔excessive thickening of the nail plate
✔✔Onychogryphosis - ✔✔Enlarged nail with increased curve
✔✔Onychatrophia - ✔✔Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and sometimes falls
off
✔✔Koilonychia - ✔✔Spoon shaped nail
