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Keep your nails health and strong! Avoid biting and improperly cutting your nails, and let your doctor know if they become yellow, thickened or brittle.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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Does taking the supplement Centrum help with hair growth (on hair only) and with skin and nails health?
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I hear biotin pills are good for hair and nail health. Do you by any chance get facial hair in women for taking biotin pills for an 18 year old?
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Prenatal vitamins beneficial for hair growth and nail health?
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What should I look for in a fish oil supplement to help hair, skin, and nail health?
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What are good vitamins to take for skin, nail and eye health if you are a vegetarian?
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A male asked:
How can i keep my nails clean soft and health?
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A 21-year old asked:
Is there any correlation between nail color and one's health?
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Is a Biotin supplement better than a hair, skin, and nails pill for hair health? What's best?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are the best vitamins for a women to take for hair nails skin overall women's health and weight?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Does palmistry has some scientific proves ? they said that your hand shape and especially colour of nails tells about your health.
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A 46-year old asked:
Are there health risks of using false nails?
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A 21-year old asked:
Is it dangerous to my health to leave a diseased nail untreated?
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A 60-year old female asked:
MY NAIL IS SPLITTING, I'm not in the greatest health but this is new and different, could it be a sign of something?
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A 51-year old asked:
What kind of doctor specializes in the health of the nails?
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A 73-year old male asked:
Have health anaxiety toe nail iusse?
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A 40-year old asked:
Need expert advice. What health problem or nutrition problem could cause my nails to split?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I'm 18 and i bite my nails since 4 how do I stop? Does this effect my health in any way? Why?
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A 41-year old asked:
What do the white crescents and specks on peoples nails mean, is it a warning sign for health problems?
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A 41-year old female asked about a 46-year old male:
My husband 47 yrs old has flat nail beds on his fingers. This is new. Is it a sign of some health condition?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hello, i know your nails tell you a lot about your health, I am 18 years of age, my lunulas on my nails are kinda red, what could it be?
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A 35-year old asked:
What sort of things can you tell about a persons health through finger nails?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I've had pitted finger nails for several years without any other symptoms I can think of. Are they always associated with a health problem?
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A female asked:
1- 50mcg zinc and 2- 1000mcg biotin each per day. Is this safe? Zinc for sexual health and biotin for hair/nails/skin.
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A 32-year old female asked:
Slight orange discolouration of my left big toe nail. Read that it can be the 1st sign of serious health issues?!? What causes this?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Is there any conerning health issue if my 8 month old baby's nail n toe nails are always chipping?
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A 33-year old asked:
What health insurance plan covers toenail fungus medication and nail removal surgery?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Any vitamin health supplement recommendation for brittle nails and hair ??
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A 32-year old female asked:
Yesterday at night my hands and legs nails become purple pellucid colour are it normal dr ? Or there is a health problem?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Yesterday at night my hands and legs nails become purple pellucid colour are it normal dr ? Or there is a health problems?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I was diagnosed with asthmaafter a bad URI. Self taught nail tech. My mom is concerned that it will aggravate my asthma but i have no issue whatsoever with monomer (Ethyl methacrylate- chemical name) does it pose any health risks? I do nails daily
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