世界最長指甲18年未曾修剪

Singer Chris Walton is better known by her stage name "The Dutchess" in US states Nevada and California. But her voice is far from the first thing you would notice if you bumped into her in the street.

The 45-year-old woman has the world's longest fingernails. She stopped cutting them 18 years ago, and now her nails have now reached an incredible 20 feet.

The bizarre nails curl in all directions - yet the mother of five cooks and cleans, and can even play the piano and use a computer.

Her amazing dedication to her nails has been officially recognised by the 2012 edition of the Guinness Record Book. She painted them a dazzling gold to celebrate.

"It's just like growing a long beard, or long hair", said Chris.

"I think they got this long because I don't pay attention to them. I sometimes even forget they're there."

Chris strengthened her nails using acrylic on the outside and inside of the nails.

This also helps to balance the weight on each hand.

Chris claims to have only lost a nail once, when fixing her car engine on the freeway, and otherwise has no trouble leading a normal life.據英國《每日郵報》11月28日報道，在美國內華達州和加利福尼亞州，歌手克麗絲·沃爾頓更廣爲人知的是她的藝名“公爵夫人”。但如果你在街上與她偶遇，她的聲音絕對不會是你第一件注意到的事。

這名45歲的女性擁有世界上最長的指甲。從18年前起她開始不再修剪，到如今，她的指甲已經長到了令人難以置信的20英尺。

這罕見的長指甲向不同的方向捲曲着——但是這位五個孩子的母親仍能做飯、清洗，甚至彈鋼琴和使用電腦。

她對指甲的令人驚訝的養護已經正式確認將被載入2012年《吉尼斯世界紀錄大全》。爲了慶祝這件事，她把指甲全部塗成了耀眼的金色。

“這就像是留長鬍子或是長頭髮一樣”，克麗絲說。

“我想我的指甲之所以能留到這麼長，是因爲我沒有特別去在意它們。有時候我甚至會忘記它們的存在。”

克麗絲通過給指甲外部和內部塗抹丙烯酸來進行加固。

這也有助於平衡每隻手的重量。

克麗絲說只有一次她的指甲受損了，當時她在高速公路旁修理汽車的發動機，除此之外日常生活中從沒有過什麼麻煩。