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Vietnamese man earns record with more than 19 feet of fingernails

Written by on October 1, 2025

Vietnamese man has longest fingernails after spending 34 years growing them  to over 19 ft | Guinness World Records

A Vietnamese man who hasn’t cut his fingernails in three decades earned a Guinness World Record when they were measured at a total 19 feet and 6 inches long.

Lưu Công Huyền earned the record for longest fingernails on a pair of hands (male) when his nails were measured at longer than the height of an average adult giraffe.

These fingernails originally started because my father was a shaman,” Huyền told Guinness World Records. “I wanted to become a teacher, so I grew them to look more majestic.”

Huyền said he gave up his dreams of teaching at the urging of his father, but kept growing his nails.

“So, I just kept growing them from then on and they just kept getting longer. In short, if I were to trim them off I’d feel really uncomfortable and exhausted, both mentally and physically,” he said.

He said maintaining his long nails is a lot of work.

“If it rains, I have to keep them dry. If they get wet, they will soften and fall right off,” he said. “In a crowded place, if someone bumps into them, they’ll be broken for sure, so I have to protect them. Furthermore, when working I have to be extremely careful. Climbing up and down the scaffolding, every move has to be deliberate. And I mean really careful.”

Source : UPI News


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