win place in book of records



LONDON - Lee Redmond soaks hers in olive oil. Aaron Studham lathers his in hairspray.



They both say it's worth it.

Redmond, 65, earned an entry in the latest edition of Guinness World Records with the world's longest fingernails that have now reached a resplendent 24 feet 7 inches (7.51 metres).

Studham, 17, joined the ranks of the weird, wacky and wonderful with the tallest hair on the planet.

"It's a real icebreaker with the girls," Studham said of his magnificent Mohican hairstyle proudly peaking at 24 inches.

"It started as a dare from my friends," the Massachusetts teenager told Reuters after sharing grooming tips with his fellow record holder at a photocall in a London beauty parlour.

"It took me five to six years to grow. I don't wear it up all the time but when I do, it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to put it up. I use hairspray and then blow-dry it."

Redmond, who is from Utah, shares a centre spread in Guinness 2007, released on Thursday, with the proud purveyors of the world's stretchiest skin, narrowest waist and longest ear hair alongside a woman who can pop her eyeballs 11 millimetres ( 0.43 inches) out of their sockets.

Redmond, who started growing her fingernails 27 years ago, has a meticulous routine to keep them in tip-top condition.

"I clean them with a toothbrush when they get dirty and always keep them manicured," she said. Every day she treats them with warm olive oil and nail hardener.

However, the lifespan of her phenomenal talons is drawing to a close.

"I am going to have to take them off in November as I am looking after my husband who is suffering from Alzheimer's," she explained.

She still manages to shave her husband daily, but has to sleep on her side and rest her hands on the bed with her nails hanging off the edge.

She has attracted some unusual admirers over the years and was once offered money to have her nails nibbled. The prospective buyer suggested that he buy by the inch.

When asked the inevitable question about how on earth she goes to the toilet, Redmond said: "Very carefully."

gross

Is she allowed to vote?

Wonder how she manages to dress herself or eat, etc. Life must be hell.

Ew.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

oh, this brings back memories...

Why would you do that?

PREDOMINANT said:

I wouldn't

how does she manage with personal hygene ie how the hell do you wipe your
arse???

that's really disgusting. the woman is

Mach said:

It's just that thinking about how her vote would count as much as mine makes me doubt the value of democracy.














I don't know why I go where I go with things sometimes.

muirdo said:

You scrape your ass clean with the fingernails, and then clean the fingernails. With a toothbrush.









I'm back to worrying about democracy now.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Mach said:

Yeah, I know.

muirdo said:

That was my first thought! I saw a woman at an amusement park who had to have her boyfriend hold onto her on the log ride. Her fingernails were so long that she could hold onto to the sides of the log. It's a safety issue too!

I dislike long fingernails in general. Especially fake long nails that are painted in a variety of garish colours with crazy designs all over them. IMO - they just make a person look cheap. I do like nicely manicured nails though.

What happened to the guy who used to have the longest nails?

His were way longer and all curled & disgusting. He said he was in constant pain because his hand was now misshaped, and he never got a good night of sleep.

But I'm sure it was all worth it every time someone recoiled in horror!

I once saw a woman with nails like that at,ironicly, a NIN show.... I almost puked.....it's just plain nasty!!!

Sweeny79 said:

I don't know why it's so disgusting, but it is.

NDRU said:

how long is seven metres in non-metric measurement - like a mile and a quarter?

Anx said:

about 21 feet. Which means she has 7 meters of nails, not seven meter nails

Well, by the looks of it, she doesn't type here at the Org.

all i know is, her nails are longer than trent reznor's.

I wonder what she does for a living