Shridhar Chillal

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Shridhar Chillal
Born	1938 Poona, India
Occupation	Retired photographer

Shridhar Chillal holds the world record for the longest fingernails on a single hand, measuring 6.15 meters (20 feet 2.25 inches). Chillal's longest nail is 4.25 feet. He last cut his nails in 1952.

Although Chillal is quite proud of his record breaking nails, he has had increasing difficulties with their weight, which has already caused his left fingers to become forever disfigured (and more or less useless).^[1] Due to nerve damage caused from the nails' immense weight, Chillal is permanently deaf in the left ear (for he grew his fingernails on his left hand).^[2]

He cut his fingernails in the year 2000 and is now offering to sell them for $200,000, preferably to a museum or some other form of security.