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my nails are flaky.
13/f
i'm not sure if this is in the right category, sorry.
my nails like flake. like when they get longer, they start to look all flaky and i can even pull layers off. just the white part though. my mom said it's a lack of a certain vitamin. could that be why? what vitamin is it that i'm lacking? and if it's not that, why is this happening?
thanks a bunch! :D
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The same happen to mine...there was something in Health that we learned about that and your mom is right, it's a certain vitamin. If only I could I remember things better :P I just use Salley Hansens strengthening nail polish, it's clear and makes your nail's a lot stronger. Something happened to my nail the other day that would normally break it but just peeled a layer off. Eventually, nothing will happen, so maybe you should try that?
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it is lack of a certain vitamin. it's best if you start taking a multivitamin every once in a while. i think it's either vitamin a or calcium, but don't quote me. flintstone vitamins are the way to go. i think sally hansen makes a nail polish that makes your nails stronger. you might want to try that out too.
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it is a lack of vitamins but i dont know what. they have special nail polish just for that though. soak your nails in a bowl of milk every night.(but remember its a treatment so it wont work over night)
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This can be a result of poor diet(LACK OF VITAMIN A AND ZINC), the side effect of some medication, or from putting your hands into water a lot. Unfortunately wearing rubber or latex gloves can also cause this problem.
How to help it-- There are several products available now to bind flaky nails. They act like saturating superglue to hold the layers of nail together.
Or you can use a nail stone to waterproof your nails. To do this first cut the nail down until the flaking edges have all been removed, then use the stone to file the edges smooth with. The idea is that the stone heats and seals the edges of the nail so that water can not enter the porous, exposed edge and cause the flaking.
Be careful about applying binding glue or other ointments to the nail bed, they can effect the growing nail, by suffocating it.
If you must rub in growth promoting moisturisers (and I think their effects are questionable) then rub them in at the base of the nail, where new nail is grown. This keeps the moisturiser away from the edges and puts it where it will do the most good. You can not moisturise the tips of your nails - they can not be improved, they have already grown.
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