Brittle Finger Nails

RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By marla (Guest Post) (02/21/2007) i have been reading all of the emails and it is so good that people put their ideas in im trying gelatin for my nails you take 8 aday and it suppose to help i talked to a phr.she said it would help so well see. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By (Guest Post) (02/16/2007) Take multi-vitamin and eat more protein. If I remember right, hair and nails become strong with proper intake of vitamins E and C and also, like hair, nails are noting but dead protein. I suggest googling information on this. Most times diet can solve issues better that any beauty supply on the market. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by CarlaJS (78) | (05/25/2006) Profile | Contact Brittle / weak / peeling nails can't be fixed from the outside. This is a sign that you are deficient in something on the inside. By the time the nail is above the finger, it's too late to 'fix' it. Find a multi-vitamin (without a hard coating) and be faithful to it. Frankly, I take childrens chewables...throughout the day - I just keep them on the counter. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By hya (Guest Post) (05/25/2006) how do u treat brittle nails? im doin theory work on it!! RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By KELLIE HARTNETT (Guest Post) (12/22/2005) i try everything with my nails-from eating jello and sometimes putting chapstick on them. but they just won't get stronger and they keep on splitting and ripping. They are very thin and break easily. I just want nice, thick, longer nails that won't split all the time! wHAT CAN I DO? RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Jerimiah Kanig (Guest Post) (09/09/2005) This product is also great for your joints and bone lost, or so I have heard. It's helping many people I know in my family feel like kids again! I have been dealing with knee and back pain for ten years now, and I have just started taking this myself. I will write back after a few months and let you all know how it has worked, or not worked for me personaly. Fingers (and nails crossed). LOL... RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By (Guest Post) (05/31/2005) Brittle nails are due to a lack of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, (the production of this slows down as we age) Because of the lessen hydrochoric acid in the stomach an individual is unable to break down and absorb calcium into the body along with other minerals. Take enzyme supplements with betaine hydorchloride. Do not take this if you have an active ulcer. Usually you will sometimes have some hair loss also since the lack of stomach acid does not allow the breakdown and absorption of vitamina and minerals. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By (Guest Post) (05/28/2005) The massaging action brings blood to the nails and helps to strengthen them. I take Biotin every day and it does help to strengthen the nails from the inside of your body, it is a Vitamin D and does help. File in one direction only. I have found the semi-circle nail file from the product T.I.P.S. works wonders. The product does work wonders if you can find it. I also use warm olive oil to massage my nails every evening before bed. My nails would never grow and now I have to clip them as they get so long!! That is my tip. The Biotin will take a few months to work, but it does work. It is also inexpensive. Good Luck RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Holly (Guest Post) (05/28/2005) Try an Andrew Lessman supplement from HSN.com called "Healthy Hair Skin & Nails". Works wonders. I haven't had the thin, peeling and splitting problem since I started using it. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By (Guest Post) (05/28/2005) Chapstick has worked for me for years. Sometimes I rub it all over my hands when they are extra dry. Now I put it on my little grandaughters little fingers, she has the same problem. Baby oil works to, anything to moisten them. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by beanygurl (133) | (05/28/2005) Contact also make sure when filing your nails that you move the file in one direction only... not back and forth. I usually go from the outside toward the center of the nail. That might help a little with the rough edges. Good luck and do be sure to ask your doctor if there's a medical reason for your thin brittle nails. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by badwater (527) | (05/28/2005) Contact My nails were not thick at all, almost just a layer of nails at some times. My thyroid Dr. put me on Calcitrol, because tests showed that my body didn't absorb calcium. The Calcitrol allows my body to absorb the calcium now. I've been on these little pills (I take 1 a day) for almost 2 years now. My nails are still not completely recovered, but are harder than they've been in years, especially if I wear nail polish (but that's not good for long periods of time). RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by meoowmom (933) | (05/27/2005) Contact Thank you for all your responses. I do have thyroid problems and take meds and poss. Crohns some docs say YES and other doc said NO so maybe that is part of it. I will do the knox and jello. Thank yOU... RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Susie (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) I use to have this problem too. I found that if I keep my nails cliped with nail snips- just a tiny bit- they get stronger. I use vitamins. I am in the process of having Gastric By pass and my doc told me to take "flintstones" childrens vitamins. She said that they were the best vitamins you can buy. Go figure. She is right. I feel much better when I take them, and they're are very economical. God Bless RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Julie (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) Rub cuticle oil into your nails 2-3 times a day. Sally beauty supply has a big bottle of supernail cuticle oil I think for a couple of dollars. I used to have my license as a managing manicurist. Good Luck!! RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by forgetmenotaromas (77) | (05/27/2005) Contact I've always heard drinking Nox Gelatin instead of allowing it to firm up is good for nails. I have problems with my nails too but haven't tried this yet. I know my nails are fragile because of a vitaming deficiency & anemia brought on by my Chron's Disease. I will have to give the Nox Gelatin a try to see if it helps. Marla http://forgetmenotaromas.com - Our fragrances leave lasting impressions. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By linda (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) I used to have the same problem, but I've found a clear polish product called "NailTec" and I order it online. You can google it and different places will come up that sell it. I get the #2 formula, they have others. I've used it for 2 yrs now and never have problems with my nails anymore. They are thicker and hard. Instead of breaking, I have to cut or file them now to shorten them. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Beverly in TN (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) When I went to the Dr. for something totally unrelated, he looked at my throat and said my tongue showed I had a Vitamin deficiency, to start taking Centrum Silver and to continue taking it, never quit. After about 3 months I began to notice my fingernails were growing, no longer spliting, they are very strong now, hardly ever even break one. Also, there is a product called Nail Envy by O.P.I. that helps. I had used this prior to the Centrum and could tell it helped but if I quit they would start spliting again. You can find it at beauty salons or beauty supply businesses. Beverly RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by tedsmom (231) | (05/27/2005) Contact I have gotten really good luck taking Biotin - it has strengthened my nails. As far as brittleness is concerned, I suspect that's caused by dryness. Every time you wet your hands, you should apply hand lotion to your nails once they've been dried. I've started doing that and I do believe it's helped. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Annette (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) Eat lots of jello, this will harden your nails. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) Maybe you should talk with your doctor. In addition, iron and other mineral deficiencies as well as thyroid problems can cause brittle nails. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Wendee (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) I use the chapstick too for my cuticles. I find if I take a couple calcium tablets everyday my nails get much stonger. RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post By Syd (Guest Post) (05/27/2005) It is really something you will have to live with! One doctor said it was dry nails. Another doctor said he has the same problem ... you live with it. I have heard taking over the counter vitamin "Biotin" is good for hair and nails. I personally, cannot see the difference. One doctor gave me samples of ELON which is a lanolin based product for nails. They have a website also. It seemed to help, however, a tube of lanolin does the same and is cheaper. My nails are like paper-thin I have not found anything that will correct the situation. Things don't get better as you age! I am getting more lines in the nail that split now. My opinion, there is no magic cure! RE: Brittle Finger Nails Post by lighthouselady (8) | (05/27/2005) Contact Try massaging chap stick into them. or even olive oil, or vaseline. I just dab a bit of chapstick on each of my nails and then massage. That has really helped my nails.