How can I strengthen my nails they have always been weak and break easily I have tried all the usual hardeners

eat jello..or buy geletin capsules...great for hair and nailsHow can I strengthen my nails they have always been weak and break easily I have tried all the usual hardeners
take a muti-vitamin like centrum.How can I strengthen my nails they have always been weak and break easily I have tried all the usual hardeners
rub ginger onn it.
NailTek is great. You can buy it at this website:





www.nailtek.com





I've personally used it for years after taking off artificial nails (if you've ever done it, you know that after that, your nails are as weak as they'll ever be!) After about a week or two, your nail is in GREAT shape again.
I work at a restaurant and end up washing dishes quite a bit so I know what its like to have weak finger nails. When I start to notice mine getting really bad, I drink milk like 4 times a day for a few days, and they really start to look better.

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Why cant hardener for horses hooves work on guitarist's nails?

I have been using Tuff Stuff, hoof medicine on my nails daily for over a month now, with some success and no ill effects. I want to switch to a Keratin based product that penetrates the hoof and strengthens the entire body of the hoof itself. Not just surface only. The company says for horses only, but so do the, Tuff Stuff, people. What gives? I desperately need stronger fingernails, and Salon folks say there is no such thing. Let me hear from some one who knows this stuff.





As far as horses hooves go, there is an old cowboy saying, '; One white foot and a white nose, buy him. two white feet and a white nose, try him. three white feet and a white nose, cut off his head and feed him to the crows....Weak hooves! I am an old cowboy, and the way my nails are, I must be crow bait!Why cant hardener for horses hooves work on guitarist's nails?
they sell nail hardener for humans at the pharmacy.


my mom used to mix a powder in water that she got at the Px.


Tho I cannot remember the name.Why cant hardener for horses hooves work on guitarist's nails?
My sister-in-law uses horse conditioner on her hair and cow bag balm to soften her skin so I don't see why you can't use the keratin product on your nails if you use it externally only.





My family has a store that sells animal products. The reason a lot of manufacturers say ';for animal use only'; is because it's extremely costly to get FDA approval for human use. It also carries MUCH higher liability to market products for human use.
Most hoof and nail hardeners have formaldehyde in them which causes microcracks in the hoof/nail over time so you end up worse off than when you started.
I know hooflex works...when i used it regularly on my horses my nails grew hard and strong from being in contact with it often
I think Knox Gelatine Powder in the orange box is what a previous answer was referring to. They say its made from animal hooves. This is my own recent discovery: Hummus! Just this week I noticed how great my nails look. They are always a mess. Now they are strong, not dry or peeling. The only thing it could possibly be is the hummus I've been eating about 5 days per week. I eat it with a pita. There has been no other change in my diet, medication and I don,t take vitamins. So give it a try. It's a healthy snack. Sally Hansen nail products are good too. When I used to stock shelves, their polish was the only way I could grow nails. They have a variety of products besides polish. Pregnancy vitamins give you great nails %26amp; there is nothing in them that would hurt a man.

Proteins in nail hardeners?

You know how a lot of nail hardener products have silk proteins, soy proteins, etc., in them that are supposed to strengthen your nails? I've been wondering about that. So you apply a mixture of organics (organic as in chemistry, not organic as in hippy) including some dissolved proteins to your nails...are they supposed to


a) just increase the strength of the nail polish coating or


b) become adsorbed to the nail keratin and increase the strength of the nail itself, i.e. nail stays thicker even after you remove the polish?





I'm a nailbiter and _not_ a biochemist...can anyone explain to me whether these products are snake oil or not? Thanks.





(Just looked up the ';Keratin'; Wikipedia article, it says silk fibroins are similar to vertebrate keratins, so would silk in nail polish hydrogen bond to nails???)





Bonus points for someone who can explain what the nitrocellulose is for. Only thing I can think of is a guitarist I knew glued bits of ping pong balls to his nails.Proteins in nail hardeners?
It is formaldehyde (or ethyl acetate) that makes the hardening job in nail hardeners (it crosslinks keratin). Nitrocellulose helps to form a thin-film while applying the hardener (it is potentially explosive, by the way)


Silk proteins, soy proteins, milk, honey, avocado extract, gingko leaves, ginseng roots, eucalyptus oil, horsetail root, cucumber, rainforest pollens and tropical hambojambo extracts are simple junk.Proteins in nail hardeners?
how about i don' know,sorry!
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nail are made of keratin which is a protein... nails can be strenghtened only when these proteins are taken in diet...





nail polishes having protein provide a thicker coat so that the nail doesnt break off easily... once the coat is removed the nail remains the same and is not that it is strengthened....





I dont find any relavance of nitrocellulose with nails...
I think anything that sits on top of your nails and makes them thicker (by being on top of them) will help keep them from breaking..but your nails are dead skin cells, so I cant imagine how you could actually improve them on any kind of cellular level.

After many years of using acyclic nails I am trying to recover my own, polish hardener dry them out?

I have use acyclic nails for so long 6 months I decide I did not want that expense. I oil the cuticals 1x a week, file gently when need, buff them for blood cirulaton 1x a week. Nail harders make my nails dry. What do you suggest?After many years of using acyclic nails I am trying to recover my own, polish hardener dry them out?
Go to Sally's beauty supply and ask them what they would suggest. They get feed back from customers and see the products go in and out the door.

What's the best nail hardener out there?

My nails grow pretty fast %26amp; long. But as soon as they get long, they break or split. Then I have to cut the rest down to match. I've tried Sally Hansen Hard as Nails, but it doesn't help too much.What's the best nail hardener out there?
What I love and also recommend to every person is rejuvacote nail polish. You must put it on everyday until your whole nail grows out again. Keep cutting the nail until you see a difference in the color of the nail.





http://www.enailsupply.com/index.asp?Pag鈥?/a>





I am telling you, It is the best studd ever!!! I wish I can send you a picture of my nail. Every one asks if my nails are fake, but they are not, its all because of the nail polish!





I find it in beauty stores. I am not sure if they sell it in Drug stores are not





Hope you like it as much as I do!

Does putting on a coat of nail hardener on the entire nail weaken the natural nail underneath?

I would think that it would because of the lack of oxygen to the nail. Any ideas?


(it is the Nutra Nail Bullet-Proof Strength with Kevlar)Does putting on a coat of nail hardener on the entire nail weaken the natural nail underneath?
That is a good question now that i think of it.It really doesnt weaken the nail underneath.It actually reapairs the nail.So then it will form and become more hard.Nial hardner is made speical just for nails and will still alow them to recieve oxygen.

Can anyone recommend some hardener for nails?

my nails just started growing really fast and are looking great..I just don't want them to break..I want them to be thick..is there any hardener I can get that will help them?Can anyone recommend some hardener for nails?
Sally Hansen ';Hard as Nail'; available at any drugstore.Can anyone recommend some hardener for nails?
My friend gave me this stuff called OPI. She got it from the lady that does her hair so I assume maybe they only sell it at beauty salons?Anyway it works great and dries super fast too.My nails are super strong now.
I swear by horse products, sounds crazy I know but there is a hoove shine product called tuff stuff for a horses hoof and I get it on my nails when I put it on my horses hooves it shine and protects and my nail do good every time I get it on me, lol.

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