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my nails keep splitting!!
Ok so i need to grow my nails longer by the end of june.for.my grad because i want a french manicutre but i cant have one if i have short nails. So far they are an average length but they keep on.splitting at the ends :( i use cuticle oil everyday and currently have them painted. Why o they keep splittig?!?
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I don't know how often you paint your nails. But don't do it often because that can cause it, as well as the nail polish remover.
Some other tips to try to keep your nails healthy are to keep your nails filed. Try to do it once a week.
Your genes do have to do with how easily your nails break. They break when they are uneven and nails do naturally grow uneven so try to file them once a week.
File in one direction, don't go back and forth.
You could also have a health problem because your nails are damaged, as they don't grow and they split.
Drink lots of water. Try multi vitamins too. They speed up the growth. Also use lotion, moisture will help so so much.
Try not to eat so many sweets. If you get off the sugar for awhile, your nails won't break as easily.
If you do decide to keep painting your nails, apply more than one coat. There is also anti chip nail polish.
But using nail polish remover does not help with your nails at all. It really weakens your nails.
Don't use your nails to peel or scratch anything off. Treat them like you have wet nail polish on.
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Stop painting them. The chemicals that are in the paint before it dries damages the integrity of the nail. Also do not use nail polish remover.
Be sure that you do not have any fungal infection of the nail.
Keeping them moisturized is good, but you need to stop using chemicals.
Also, eating more gelatin (Jello, gummy candies, anything with lots of gelatin in it) will help to strengthen your nails a bit, but it will not be enough to counteract the damage from polish and polish removers.
You should also get more calcium, and more iron, but do NOT take iron supplements. Find a natural source of iron, like red meat, pork liver, collards, kale, spinach, etc. Again, this will probably not counteract the damage from polish, etc.
Also be sure that you yourself are well hydrated. A lack of feeling thirsty does not necessarily mean you are hydrated, and dehydration will prevent your nails from growing in strong.
My nails will commonly get up to an inch long without breaking if I don't trim them. I never paint them, but when I have, I find that it always completely destroys any strength they had and makes them flimsy and brittle until they grow out again.
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