Tiny white splotches dotting otherwise healthy-looking pink nails are not normally a sign of anything serious. Most often, those spots are the manifestation of some type of trauma to nail.
If you injure the nail matrix-the area at the base of the nail where new nail cells are created you'll see the results of that trauma show up as white spots as the nails grow out. But since it takes several weks for those new nail cells to grow out to a place on the nail plate where the injury is visible, chances are that by time you notice a white spot, you may have forgotten the nail-slamming incident that caused it. But if you're certain you didn't injure your nails and you are noticing recurring white spots, there are several other causes including the skin conditions psoriasis and eczema, or a diet that's deficient in the mineral zinc (found in whole grains, poultry and seafood).
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