my finger nails are dry, ridged and brittle, do you have a remedy??help?
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the best remedy that i know is to take the vitamin e suppliment. it is great for hair and nails. but you must take it daily.
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Drugstores usually have a treatment for this. It's lke nail polish, only the taste is horrible. Use it daily and KEEP using it as your nails begin to grow. You could also try wearing gloves. It may look goofy, but it will help.
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I fell your pain - i have been doing that my entire life as well.  It's linked to OCD.\nIt's a habit and needs to be broken like any other addiction / habit.  This one is hard, since half the time we don't realize we're doing it until we bite too deep and get a little pain back.  \nA few ideas are aversion therapy -  buy a bottle of the stuff they make so people will stop biting their nails and apply it to the skin around the nails.  If you can't find that, you can get a bottle of bitter apple spray, which stops puppies from chewing and spray it on your hands.\nTry keeping a journal or everytime you catch yourself doing it.  Log what you were doing, what your state of mind was and what triggered it, it you know.  Often we do this as a response to stress or boredom.  \nKeep track of when you don't do it.  Reward yourself for not doing it.  Start with not doing it for 1 day, then increase to two, indrease to 3, and so on.  The experts say it takes at least 3 weeks of not doing something to break a habit.\nGet a manicure - getting your hands to a nice looking state may help you stop (if you're a guy, you don't have to get nail polish put on to have a manicure.)\nHide any tools you use - or better yet, get rid of the all together.  I admit that i've spent some quality time on my hands with a pair of tweezers.  \nThe thing that really made me stop was when i got braces on my teeth i just couldn't physically do it no the habit's faded since then - not that i'm promoting this expensive treatment for skin chewing alone - it was just a nice side effect of getting my teeth straightened.\nAnd finally - know that you are not crazy and you are not alone.\n\nGood luck
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hi there, i have had natural long nails since your age and i just want you to know if you take this route you will be very upset when one breaks, you will even consider yourself clumsy.  it takes a graceful person with hardly anything physical(handwise) to do. i was a ballarina for most my youth so this is what i spent 6 + hours a day doing, not out with friends going to parties getting my nails broken because i opened a can beer without an opener or  boyfriend doesn't open the door for you.  the list goes on and on.   One more thing in life to worry about and to be pisst about.  but wait the good news,  long nails are easy to grow, if you always concentrate on them.  imagine thinking about your nails all day!  when you reach about 20 or so, 8 yrs thinking about your nails it will be second nature hence you no doughtfully will be very graceful as well.  long beautiful nails take alot of care, not from a nail lady but from you.  i would never dream of letting anyone touch my nails with a emery board.  i drink lots of water,  eat right, vitamines,  hands are always very nourished with oils and lotions, i wear special gloves when ever at home and every evening i put a clear coat on.  having long beautiful nails requires products, just like long beautiful hair.   the good news is how wonderful my hands look compaired to everyone elses.  men automatically treat you different, like a lady.  but you don't need long nails for that if you are a true lady, right?  \nno product on nails - sorry babe but you will have dried our crack ugly nails.  Fake nails are for fake girls.  do yourself a favor and be 12 and have fun with life- no nails needed.  hope this gives you something to think about.    imagine how i type, its pretty funny to watch but others say how i make the most simplest thing so elegant.
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I have probably 6 pr. of gloves on this tiny piece of turf. IF I put them on, they come off within 5 minutes...my nails are a mess in the summer!\nJust today (Nov 15) walking out to my car to go to work, I pulled up a weed and tossed it...there was mud under my fingernails, and that's how I showed up for my first appointment. I only see the weeds and plants needing a little help, not the repucussions to my fingernails.
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I would see a podiatrist.  If it is a fungal nail, there are a few things you can use:  Penlac, Mycocide, Fungi-Nail.  As far as a psoriasis nail, never heard of that.
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cut your nails straight across when condition improves. Until then, make tiny v at top of nail. Sounds silly, but does work.
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Try fingernail polish remover.  It really depends on the resin.  Some may take solvents such as hexane or acetone.
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Put some alcohol on it. The kind you use to clean up cuts and stuff. Can you imagine the nastiness. It'll really help. It helped me and i used to be addicted to it! And i used to bite my nails to the point where i would bleed. And it helped me!
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The listerine idea sounds interesting.\nVicks vaporub is also suggested as a natural remedy. (all the prescription drugs have not worked for my toenail infection of the fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes). treat the nails twice a day, every day. For about a year. That long because new nail has to grow out and the old nail be eventually all cut away. Otherwise the old nail will reinfect the new nail.
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I either take a little lotion and rub it on, or rub some chapstick on my finger and rub it on. It helps to soothe the soreness and also helps to heal it.\n\nBe sure to use soft tissues to help keep it to a minimum.
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try acetone nail polish remover... \nsee if that wks\nif not ur S.O.L.
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This happens to lots of people.  I am speaking from personal experience.  What I found finally worked (after several years) is that I focused on what I ate.  So I eat reasonably and healthy.  Jello is supposed to have some stuff in it that is good for nails, by the way.\n\nSecond, I started to exercise every single day.  So now I walk, sometimes run and ride a bike.  Doing something physical is important.\n\nSomething else I changed, I did clip my nails regularly, even the one that had changed to the dark almost ugly color.\n\nWhat happened is the old toe nail finally dropped off with a new one under that was nice and clear.\n\nI had tried those things they advertise on TV, and even went to a doctor, but none of that did anything for me.
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I use ordinary dish soap and hot water.  If it is under your nails, a scrub brush can get that.
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There are cosmetic products for this kind of nail problems. I have so many people with the same problem around me. Most of them use AVON products for their problems. I hope this can help.
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my hands & feet are the dryest. i put vaseline them at night, and wear socks and light weight gloves to keep the vaseline on while i sleep. it helps.
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there is a pill from the doc but the best way is to take vit E pill and use that on your nail go cut your nail and rub it on and in the nail line that works good Vitamin E