Splitting/cracked fingernails

www.nhs.uk/conditions/Fungal-nail-infection/Pages/Introduction.aspx

This is worth reading especially last sentence about fungal nail infections and salons.

Have you tried taking kelp as a supplement? It's been used for donkeys' years for nails and hair. I believe it ups the thyroid levels.

The lady that did my shellacs recommended massaging olive oil into the cubicles.
Also a few years ago I found glucosamine supplements made my nails rock hard.

Have you tried having gel/ shellac polish? My nails are awful, but having gel polish has really strengthened them. They are not false nails, just really hard polish which has to be dried under ultra violet light. You have to have them done at a nail place, but worth it. I now have a mobile nail technician who is a bit cheaper. I have them done every 3 weeks.

I would have suggested that you have damaged the growing area of your nail but if it's every nail then that seems unlikely. Could it be genetic?

Oh dear but thinking about this I am just thinking may be a dermatologist would help and I wondered please don't be offended if kits a nail fungus you have??? Sorry.

Thanks everyone - but definitely no unknown health problems. And I have used everything suggested in these other Forums to no avail. I even consulted Leighton Denny when he visited our town a few years ago (very costly!!). Have used Nailtiques (both systems), OPI system, Every possible Sally Hansen concoction, (including some imported from America), Rejuvacote, Gelatin (jelly cubes), Nail Guard system (off QVC), Almond Oil and special Hand & Nail cream from Bodyshop, Soin des Ongles (Yves Rocher), and many, many more besides. I am beyond help I fear .....

www.gransnet.com/forums/style_and_beauty/a1188486-Help-with-nails

www.gransnet.com/forums/health/a1217982-brittle-flakey-weak-nails

I was reading about this in one of the weekend supplements and it seemed to be all about dehydration. When you say you have tried everything have you tried nail oil at all- that's what this article recommended. I have gelish on my nails now and again but rest them in between and apply nail oil twice a day.

Perhaps you should see a different doctor about this as it may be caused by an underlying health problem. A deficiency in the B vitamins can also cause problems with nails but I think the vitamins are better coming from food rather than supplements. I hope you can find a solution, as it is causing you a lot of anxiety.