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Why you get white spots on your fingernails

Do you ever get little white spots or streaks across your fingernails? A lot of people do.

There's an old wives' tale about how the appearance of these marks indicates a calcium deficiency – a reason to drink your break-time milk. Some people even know the marks as 'milk spots'.

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