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I am 23 years old female, I have a black longitudinal line on my big toe. It might have come before 3 or 4 years. I don't remember. I didn't even give much importance to it. But nowadays Isee here and there in net that it's something we shouldn't ignore, it might cause cancer and all. It's quite scary to see all that. So I have the se question? What is it? Do I really need to worry about it? I am brownish complexion person.
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Black longidutinal lines could be Melanonychia which is generally caused by pigmentation. It is more common in dark skinned people and is totally harmless. Please do not link it with cancer as cancer has a lot of other symptoms and not just dark skinned lines on nails. Do not worry as it generally does not require treatment.
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