So, like skin, the quality of your nails indicates the quality of tissue production in your body.
Healthy nails are pink, smooth and evenly shaped.
Like every other physical characteristic, nails reflect the predominant dosa . If you are of a vata type, your nails will be irregular in shape, pale, rough and brittle. They may also be bitten. If you have pitta as the predominant dosa , your nails will be oval in shape, soft, strong and flexible. Kapha type nails are square, thick, large and very white.