A woman with the world's longest fingernails has cut them for the first time in 30 years.
Texas resident Ayanna Williams made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2017 for having the longest female fingernails - measuring 18 feet and 10.9 inches long.
She then beat her own record again this year with a new measurement of 24 feet and 0.7 inches.
However, despite her unusual achievement, the Houston local finally decided to have her nails cut at long last this week.
To that end, she visited Dr. Allison Readinger of Trinity Vista Dermatology in Forth Worth, Texas. Instead of employing traditional tools like nail scissors, clippers, and files, Dr. Readinger resorted to an electric rotary tool to shear through the thick keratin instead.
At the end of the lengthy and aggravating procedure, Williams was apparently very pleased with the result, due to the relief of the pressure the heavy nails placed on her knuckles.
Commenting on the loss of her nails in a later interview with the Guinness World Records, she stated: "I have mixed emotions about my babies going."
She continued: "I'm so, so ready for a new life. I know I'm going to miss them, but it's just about that time – it's time for them to go. I'm just about tired of them so it's time for them to go.
"With or without my nails, I will still be the queen. My nails don't make me, I make my nails!"
Williams added that she had made the tough and very personal decision to have her nails cut due to the difficulty they caused her when performing day-to-day tasks.
She was forced to plan out even simple physical procedures in advance, due to how cumbersome the nails made her.
The gigantic nail clippings are to be stored in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in Orlando in Florida, serving as an organic exhibit of her incredible achievement.
However, as long as her nails were, they were not the longest of all time. The Los Angeles Times reports that that distinction belongs to Lee Redmond, whose nails grew to 28 feet and 4.5 inches long before they broke in a car accident.
