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Record nails broken in car crash

An American woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world's longest fingernails has had them broken off in a car crash.

Lee Redmond from Salt Lake City, Utah, had not cut her nails since 1979.

Their combined length was more than 28ft (8.5m), with the longest nail - on her right thumb - measuring 2ft 11in (89cm), Guinness said.

Ms Redmond suffered serious injuries in the crash, but is expected to make a full recovery.

A local newspaper, the Deseret News, said she was a passenger in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the time of the accident.

Her nails were "damaged beyond repair", according to the Guiness World Records website.

The company said she had been a "fantastic ambassador" for them, and that her nails had been "a fundamental part of her life and unique character".

I saw some dude in India on a movies whos title I cant say in the forum 2.5 with longer nails than that.

Wow, in that pic. her nails look so nice. Others I have seen the nails start curling, never have I seen them so straight. Im sure its a sad moment for her, but at least she has her life.

How do you function with fingernails that long?

southerngale wrote:How do you function with fingernails that long?

I don't even want to know!!!!

wow and yuck

Yuck is right! I couldn't stand having my nails that long! ewwww!

I wonder if the nails were insured. She's going to suffer a loss of income from that.

Rainband wrote:wow and yuck

arkess7 wrote:Yuck is right! I couldn't stand having my nails that long! ewwww!

I saw a program in which she appeared and she had her nails done very regularly.

coriolis wrote:I wonder if the nails were insured. She's going to suffer a loss of income from that.

I believe they actually had a very large policy on them if I am remembering something I saw a long time ago on the tv correctly.