A chronic nail biter who bit her cuticles until they bled overcame the habit – by growing them to an incredible 14 inches.
Mother-of-four Larue Drummond was 13 when she spotted a woman in the supermarket with long nails.
She said: ‘I plucked up the courage to speak to her and she told me if you look after your nails, they will look after you. From then on I let me nails grow and became obsessed with pampering them.’
And since then, Ms Drummond’s obsession shows no signs of waning, so much so that she’s spent £10,000 maintaining what she calls her ‘babies’, while she calls her longest nail ‘Miss Attitude’.
Unsurprisingly, Ms Drummond attracts attention wherever she goes from other people who are keen to nail the look.
Others are simply curious about how Ms Drummond manages everyday tasks with her 14-inch talons.
She said: ‘People stop me wherever I go and ask about my nails. I'm always happy to talk about them.
‘The most frequently asked question is how do I go to the bathroom. I tell them, “the same way as you do. If you know of another way, let me know.”’
But not everyone is comfortable with her unique look.
Ms Drummond said: ‘I've seen people snigger at my nails. Once a woman wouldn't even sit next to me as if I had a disease or something. It really hurt my feelings. But it's who I am so I am not ashamed. If I broke a nail that couldn't be fixed I’d feel bereaved. My nails are my babies.’
Ms Drummond, who has eight grandchildren, insists that her long talons don’t impact on her part-time job as a child-minder.
She said: ‘The children aren’t scared by my nails – they’re fascinated. I know their parents because they’re all family friends but I’m always extra careful not to scratch them.’
Determined not to let anything set her back, Ms Drummond, from New Jersey, US, is keen to grow her nails even longer.
She said: ‘I just have to learn new ways to do things. For example when I’m using my phone I push the buttons with my knuckles.
‘But there is not a lot I can't do myself. My daughters sometimes help me with tying my shoelaces or fastening jewellery.
‘There has been the odd breakage over the years, so they’re not all the same length, but that gives them more character.’
‘I named the longest one on my index finger Miss Attitude because she’s the only one that twists.
‘In the future I would like to get to 21 inches and then see if I can go longer.’
Up until eight years ago Ms Drummond, kept her nails at a 'sensible' three inches, but then decided to grow them as long as possible.
She said: ‘I’d always wanted really long nails and felt that the time was right.’
Ms Drummond has her routine nailed now, spending up to 12 hours at the nail salon getting her extreme talons coated in rhinestones and varnish costing £100 each time.culled
*How in heavens name will this woman wash her privates clean?how in heavens name will this woman be able to have a bath? she is so pretty but the nails are a NO NO NO!!...probably a yes for you?
I watched her on a TV program. Check if you can find it on youtu.be, Stella. She demonstrated how she does the act that gives you concern.
ReplyDeleteWonders shall never end! Looks more like cobwebs are trying to ravage her hands. Hmm
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ReplyDeleteIt's a NO for me. She could keep them short please. Thay look disgusting
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Ewwww this womans nails are disgusting...I can't even get close to her... I bite my nails and I enjoy eating them..the only way I can stop is by fixing artificial nails which I don't like...
ReplyDeleteEating nails kwa? No wonder your brain is dead.... Olodo
DeleteThey are no longer nails, they are claws! I will join the snigger club on this one biko! They look like witch nails! Schade!
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I was a chronic nail bitter too,but stopped some two years ago,though I occasionally trouble the nails of my right hand, but don't bite them off.I'm happy seeing that my nails can actually grow out,but this one is something else,abeg.I wonder how they managed to grow to that length, without breaking off sef.Strange!
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These nails are very irritating.
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Thats her fashion fetish..Whatever rocks her boat!
ReplyDeleteSame questions on my mind... How will she wash her Veejay...... Yuck....
ReplyDeleteStella u just made me laugh! Kikikikikikikiki na her privates worry you pass!!! Oh my goodness
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Ugly
ReplyDeleteSoooooooo to get over an obsession - she had to create another obsession --- I can't relate to that mehnnn...
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Nice I wud love to have dis may I tey dey shuk hand 4 pple eye wey dey talk to me anyhw here.
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ReplyDeleteThey are not looking attractive in any way. May God help her.
ReplyDeleteEwwww, gross and unhygienic!!!!! just nasty.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm.mba mba mba..i cnt deal abeg......jenny
ReplyDeleteYaksssss!!! ewwww!!! so so disgusting.
ReplyDeleteChild minder with these scary blood sucking claws ?
ReplyDeleteNo way will I allow her touch my babies oh, hian!
gross
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What kind of syndrome can one call this now? So many strange news here on earth. Abeg, where is dat guy who CURRENTLY LIVES IN JUPITER?
ReplyDeleteLooks more like cobwebs engulfing her hands, lol
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ReplyDeleteThis is error code 154!!!! A mistake i wont be caught in a dream with
ReplyDeleteHow does she wipe her ass after going to the bathroom/toilet,so disgusting
ReplyDeleteYuck her vayjay must really b smelling like world war two ...or do her daughters help her wash dat region too? N to think she is a child minder, nawa o. Hw can parents drop dia children wt such jezebel like fingers woman. Abeg oyibo ppl n dia obsession wt certain parts of dia body, I tire!
ReplyDeleteEeewwwwww…DISGUSTING!
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ReplyDeleteEwwww..... Ths is disgusting. Infact,creepy!
ReplyDeleteThe nails dey fear me. They look like short short snakes
ReplyDeleteNnkan mbe!
ReplyDeleteStella that's the exact question on my mind.
ReplyDeleteHer punani must really stink!
crazy obsession....
ReplyDeleteOpini aye.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to ask lots of questions about her and how clean everything about her is then i clicked on the post again and her name is not Nnenna nor is she my mom so go ahead with your life bcos even if I scream till Jesus comes again she is not gonna listen yo me.so congrats for your achievement,yeah ! you are getting there ! Grow your toe nails too to go together,you can add your eyelash too !
ReplyDeleteOne more thing I forgot to add,we need to start a petition for her to get US licence for possession of weapon.
ReplyDeleteLol...my fellow anon,u crack ne so bad....buhahahakiikiki!
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If this one enter Nigeria she go pack all the strains of Ebola inside those nails! Madness in its purest form.
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ReplyDeleteIf she were my mum,I will drug her and chop them all off.
ReplyDeleteara di nu di nu di,madness got different level,this one is another level of mad
ReplyDeleteEeyyyaahhh.......get well soon,,woman. She's definitely not in her right senses....very soon she will start growing her toe nails too,,then her hair,,eyelashes will join. i wont be surprised if i hear she decides to let her pubic hair grow and even get a stylist for it. many are mad,,few are roaming!!!
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