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In 2018, Guinness World Records announced the winner of the longest fingernail.
She is a 50-year-old woman in the United States who won the record award with a total nail length of 576.4 centimeters.
Since the 70s of the last century, women have been raising their nails, and it took her a total of 28 years until she won the award.
However, just when everyone thought that she would continue to stay, when the total length of her nails reached 7.3 meters two years later, she chose to cut them without hesitation.
You must know that during this period, relatives and friends persuaded her countless times, but she refused to cut off these nails that hindered her life.
So why is she suddenly willing to cut her nails? And how did she live with such long nails all these years?
(The information in this article is from official media, and it has been repeated at the end)
Crazy nails
Ever since Anna's nails were longer than the average person could accept, she had been subjected to strange stares from others around her.
At first, her family didn't understand her, and hoped that she would cut her long nails, which would not look good just from an aesthetic point of view, and it would be inconvenient to live a longer life.
And people from the outside world often judge Anna from her fingernails before they begin to understand her person.
A series of labels such as "don't like clean, strange people" have actually always hung on Aianna's body.
But Aianna never understood that growing long nails was simply her hobby, she had always been a more stubborn person, thinking that if she liked something, she needed to make it to the extreme.
So over the years, she has relied on her love for long nails and has persevered.
It was also her idea that her nails had hardly been cut since 1979, and at first Aianna was not used to doing things with long nails.
The main thing is that she can't do a lot of things independently, especially when she is dressing, and her fingers will feel extra painful if she scratches it slightly.
But the pain was nothing to Anna, and what she feared most was that one accidentally broke her nails.
So on weekdays, she doesn't do a lot of things if she can, even if she wants to do it, she has to stop and think about it for a while, think about how to start, and then reach out.
In order to keep her nails stable, Anna has taken care of them for more time than she spends on herself.
It takes hours just to apply the nail glue, and to make her nails look good, she needs to spend another 20 hours applying color to her meters of nails.
Because her nails are too long, when she goes to the store to get her nails done, many people are reluctant to take them, either by increasing the money several times, or by suggesting that she trim them.
But after so many years of nails, she is willing to cut them like this, so many times, it is Aianna who applies nail polish for herself.
Even when it was difficult to apply, Anna was always happy to put her fingernails into it.
Other people's long nails are "nine bends and eighteen bends", but hers is different, the curvature of the bends is very small, and it looks more beautiful.
These are not innate, but she spends a lot of time and energy to take care of them later.
At home, Aianna hardly touches the chores, especially the dishes and laundry, which in her opinion hurts her nails.
It can be seen that Aianna already has feelings for the nails that have been kept for nearly 30 years, and even if she has won the world record, she will not be willing to cut them.
However, just two years after she won the award, she gritted her teeth and cut off her nails with a total length of 7 meters....
Could it be that she has kept her nails for so many years just to get a certificate to prove herself?
Nail Cuts: A New Life
In March 2021, Aianna came to a hospital and decided to cut her nails.
When the doctor saw her nails so long, he froze and asked her several times if she had made a decision when he learned that she had been raising her for almost 30 years.
Although Aianna's expression showed reluctance, she still nodded firmly.
In fact, the reason why she wants to give up the nails she has loved for many years is not because of the fingers from the outside world, but because of the trouble caused to her by the nails themselves.
Because it has not been cut for many years, in addition to the amazing length of the nails, even the thickness is amazing, the total length of 7 meters, which is enough for two floors, and the weight alone is a big burden to hang on the hand.
As time went on, the length of the nails would only grow longer and the weight would increase, making it difficult for Anna to raise her hand every time.
The discomfort on her hands was bearable, but the inconveniences of daily life were accompanied by the increasing length of her nails, and many things were difficult for Anna to do even if she was slow.
She couldn't wear a lot of clothes, and she hadn't worn a shirt or something for years, because the buttons couldn't be screwed on by one person.
Most of the shoes she buys are convenient slip-on shoes, and she almost never buys shoes that need to be tied with laces.
It takes her dozens of minutes to do things that others can do in a minute, such as doing laundry, washing dishes, and mopping floors, which she can buy a machine to do.
But for such a thing as eating, there is no way for others to feed it, and secondly, there is no machine that can assist in eating.
So on weekdays, Anna tidied up her nails one by one when she ate, carefully brought the food with utensils, and in the process of eating, her nails would always bring the food to the table because of many small movements.
So much so that every time Anna eats, it is like a battle, and the process of cleaning up after the meal is another problem.
There are some things that she can ask her family to help her, but everyone has their own business, and there is no way to "serve" her by her side all the time.
During this period, Aianna thought about hiring a nanny, but the monthly expenses were too great to last long, so she had to give up in the end.
Sometimes Aianna looks at the nails that have been with her for many years, and she never wants to complain about its burden, but many times, the inconvenience in life is indeed brought by it.
So after more than half a month of psychological struggle, Aianna also made a complete decision, and it was time to say goodbye to her past life by cutting off her nails.
Even though she was reluctant to do so, Aianna watched the doctor talk about her nails being cut off.
Because of the thickness of the nails, ordinary nail clippers can no longer cut Aianna's nails, so the whole process of cutting the nails is done with a special saw.
When all the nails detached, Aianna suddenly had a sense of relaxation, it turned out that the persistence of these years, in addition to liking long nails, was more persistent.
She had the idea of cutting her nails a long time ago, but she gave up because of "pity".
This time, she finally removed it completely, and for the first time, she felt how easy it was to lose her nails that were several meters long.
She can wear a variety of clothes, shoes and bed linens.
Especially when eating, you don't have to think about whether the food you want to eat will get everywhere because of your fingernails.
After cutting off her nails, Anna seemed to usher in a different life.
It's just that at the beginning, when she couldn't get used to the lack of nails, she always felt that she still had long nails when she did something, until the relaxed feeling when she reached out would surprise her again.
However, Aianna is still a little obsessed with long nails, and she also said that she will still keep nails in the future, but not as long as before.
As long as her nails don't affect her normal life, she will keep it, which can be regarded as continuing to stick to what she loved when she was a child.
And those nails that have accompanied her for nearly 30 years were cut off and not discarded, but collected by a museum in the United States and exhibited for everyone to see.
Although over the years, Aianna's dedication to nails has made many people not understand, but everyone's preferences are different, as long as it does not affect others, how long nails to keep are actually her freedom.
After all, life is decades, do what you want to do, don't leave regrets in your life.
Resources:
Southern Metropolis Daily: The woman with the longest fingernails in the world has finally been cut! The total length is 7.3 meters, and it has not been cut for 30 years
American woman cut the world's longest nail: the total length is more than 7 meters, and it has been left for 28 years-Chinanews video
Xinhua News Agency New Media: The Pursuit of a New Life The woman with the longest fingernails in the world cut off her nails
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