My nails keep breaking?! so soft and brittle?! help please?

Question

i can actually bend them, i would love to have long nails but i cant because they keep breaking.

i have to wear false nails all the time,

any products you can use on your nails?

or any foods that will make them stronger and harder?

Answer 1

Sally Hanson hhas a variety of products that make you nails stronger & more healthy. There are strengthening polishers, removers, and even vitamins! Plus, they're sold at any drugstore!

Check it out:

www.SallyHanson.com

Answer 2

Use gloves when washing dishes or using harsh chemicals. This will keep the nail bed from getting too wet and causing the nail to become weak. If you are not able to use gloves, minimize the amount of time the nails are wet and dry them immediately after they have been exposed to water for long periods of time.

Massage vitamin E oil into the cuticles every night before going to bed. This oil will absorb directly into the skin and the cuticle bed. Over time, the oil will make fingernails stronger.

Apply a thin coat of clear nail hardener over fingernails at least twice a day to help make the fingernails stronger. Do this for seven days consecutively, then remove the hardener and reapply a thin coat again, starting with day number one.

Implement the use of the nail biting medicine Thum to discourage the behavior. You can find this medicine in a local pharmacy or online. Reviews have shown that this medicine has proved to be successful in helping people to stop nail biting and chewing.

Drink milk or take calcium tablets daily to help the body in making the nails stronger. Even a multivitamin with a significant dose of calcium is beneficial in the effort to make fingernails stronger.  

Answer 3

take your fake nails off. They are ruining your real nails!  

Answer 4

Hey!

My Nails Used To Do That All The Time.

But Then I Started Drinking And Eating Things That Had More Calcium In Them, Even Though I Dont Like Milk Much, I Tried To Have A Milkshake Everyday Or Two Days, I Also Started To Put On Rimmel's Clear 60 Second Nail Polish Everyday. And My Nails Stay Strong And Don't Break At All Now. Also Its Good Because I Can't Wear Nail Varnish For School So It's Great For Me. :D

I Hope This Helps

Good Luck!

`ox

Answer 5

try any sally hansen

strengthening nail polish

and take calcium pills!.

trust me it works!.... well for me

anyways. lol.  =]]

Answer 6

the sally hansen thing works but you have to apply it every other day, which i got annoyed with so i googled a few ways a few years ago (had the same problem ;) just rub in some conditioner onto your nails, try drinking more milk, or even to tapping your nails helps them grow faster or you could pick up a supplement idk the vitamin name but theres a certain vitamin you can buy and it helps your nails grow really fast and your hair too  

Answer 7

it means that you are not getting enough fat in your diet. so make sure you are eating meats and protein.

and dont wear false nails! that is also the reason why your nails are soft and brittle. the glue on the false nails is ripping them. and when you wear nail polish all the time, this makes your nails soft and brittle. so take the false nails off and let your nails heal for a couple of months.