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My fingernails alway split across the middle of my fingers is this normal?
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Split Nails: Although brittle, splitting nails can occasionally be a symptom of an underlying medical problem, brittle nails are usually due to overexposure of the nail bed to water which promotes drying. This causes fingernails to become brittle and fragile resulting in the annoying splitting that can make fingernails look so ugly. Use the prescription genadur.
Answered 12/3/2015
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