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Barrett

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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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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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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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