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Splitting nails
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I wasn't sure if this belonged in here or on the style board, but I guess it's more health related, so I'll stick with it.
My nails always used to be sturdy as anything, but just recently they've started to split and flake at the ends, and they break really easily. Google tells me this can be caused by having your hands in water a lot (I don't) or by not eating enough calcium (I eat loads these days), which doesn't really help.
I know it's not a big deal, and I'm not one of these OMG I broke a nail people, but it looks scruffy and awful, and when they break quite far down, it can be sore, so I'd like for them to go back to normal.
Does anyone have any ideas for lotions or potions I could try, or know any other reasons my nails could suddenly have lost their marbles?
My nails always used to be sturdy as anything, but just recently they've started to split and flake at the ends, and they break really easily. Google tells me this can be caused by having your hands in water a lot (I don't) or by not eating enough calcium (I eat loads these days), which doesn't really help.
I know it's not a big deal, and I'm not one of these OMG I broke a nail people, but it looks scruffy and awful, and when they break quite far down, it can be sore, so I'd like for them to go back to normal.
Does anyone have any ideas for lotions or potions I could try, or know any other reasons my nails could suddenly have lost their marbles?
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So any ideas that might help ones due to being damp would be good too.
The best thing I've found so far is to keep them pretty short all the time, that way they seem less prone to breaking/splitting etc because there's less there to catch on things.