Home treatment for weak, brittle, or splitting nails
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Home treatment for weak, brittle, or splitting nails
Home treatment may help repair weak, brittle, or splitting nails:
- Wear disposable plastic gloves or rubber gloves with cotton liners to protect your hands from water or chemicals.
- Apply moisturizing lotion directly to your nail.
- Apply a moisturizer at bedtime and cover with a white cotton glove or sock.
- Apply nail polish to slow the evaporation of water from your nail. Do not remove and reapply it more than once a week. Nail polish remover may increase splitting and breaking if used too often.
- Do not use nail lacquers, polishes, or adhesives if you think your nail problem could be caused by one of these substances.
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Last Updated | November 13, 2008 |
| Last updated: | November 13, 2008 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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