Brittle Fingernails
Show 1370: Winterizing Your Skin and Hair
This week, dermatologist Chris Adigun joins us live in the studio to answer your questions about how to treat your skin and hair when the weather gets cold. Cold wind, low humidity and forced hot air …
Does Eating Avocados Actually Strengthen Your Fi…
Our readers alert us to a lot of potentially terrific remedy. We don't always know how–or even if–they work, especially at first. But we are intrigued by this reader making a connection between ea…
Will Gelatin Strengthen Your Broken Nails?
Nail problems are notoriously stubborn. It takes a long time for nails, especially toenails, to grow out. Consequently, a treatment that is working from the inside out, improving the nail plate and ma…
How to Strengthen Your Nails with Gelatin
Brittle fingernails that chip, split or break can be a real nuisance. Having the edge of the fingernail tear off, leaving the quick exposed, is painful. But how can you strengthen your nails? One read…
Secrets for Stronger Nails
If you were rating health problems on a scale of 1 to 10, fingernail problems would rank down near the very bottom. Compared to cancer or Alzheimer's disease, brittle nails are a trivial complaint. Bu…
Nail Strengthener May Make Fingernails Brittle
Q. My fingernails began to break and peel, so I ordered a product to strengthen them. I discovered upon reading the ingredients that it contains formaldehyde. Can this possibly be safe to use? A. Some…
Selenium Excess and Hair Texture
Q. You have saved my sanity! I've always enjoyed your column, but never needed your advice until last year. I had been suffering in silence as my hair changed its texture from wavy to straight. Then m…