Toesnails dry and brittle - what causes this? Posted: 11-29-07 13:03pm
My husband is about 30 pounds overweight,
and cannot cut his own toe nails (he can't
reach them!). I trimmed his nails for him
the other day and noticed that they are
dry and brittle.....what could cause this?
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davidak
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Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 31 Location: London, UK UK
Posted: 01-09-08 09:07am
Dry or brittle nails could be a sign of a
lack of silica. Silica can
be taken in the form of Silicea, which
comes in a pure form like a gel that you
put into water and drink.
I was taking some of this, although not
for nails, but for strengthening
connectivity tissue, due to recently
having a hernia (which I had
repaired by surgery on 18 Dec 2007).
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roxy1234
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Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 36 Location: , newzealand
Posted: 01-21-08 01:51am
we give the horse zinc and biotin, for
cracked hoofs.its a deficiency issue.maybe
same for you
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