Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: Focus on November 27, 2019, 08:40:53 AM
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I've had these for a few years now.
In September my thumb became infected just at the base of the nail. It affected my nail really badly, and now I think it's going to take the best part of a year to be OK again.
I had no idea the two were probably related, but after doing some digging around, it seems that they are.
I've been taking collagen supplements for a month now, and the difference it's made to my nails already is absolutely amazing.
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Hello Focus
I am also prone to splitting and brittle nails which was never a problem before the menopause. At 63 it may just be my age though! I have never done much with my nails and always kept them short but even so they break and split easily these days. I may look into supplements not so much for my nails but the area under my eyes has become looser of late and I'm wondering if a boost of collagen would improve that as well.
Take care.
K.
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Yeah, mine have always been very short and pretty much unpolished 99.9% of the time. So annoying (and painful). Relieved the collagen is helping, would definitely recommend.
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Another one with crumbling nails. I bought a box of Vitaglow from Superdrug, mostly because it was reduced from £9.99 to 99p! Anyway, I think it's great, I use it alongside OPI Nail Envy and the ridges on my nails have smoothed out and nails are stronger. I used to be in the beauty business and didn't put much stick in these products but I've been proved wrong, they work.
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Hi focus,. Have had exactly the same as you with my thumbnail and quite painful. I have been using Daktarin for fungal which did ease the soreness. My nail is now breaking really low down. I must try the collagen, can you tell me what sort you be have been using please? I will look up the vitaglow and nail envy too. So is this the flaming meno too!
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Sure! They're the Bioglan gummies from Holland and Barrett. They're usually something like £18 for 60, but they're on sale for something like £13 at the moment.
You can take between 2 and 5 a day. I'm on 3 a day at the moment. Planning to stick with that for the first 2 months and then go down to 2 a day.
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Great, thanks.
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Focus happened to me too. I've had splits in my nail bed on both thumbs twice, first time was due to medication i was on, then I had some horrible thing granulation had to be treated with silver nitrate! Then due to constant picking of the skin round both thumbs they split again & took 9 months to heal. As I have been picking the skin since I was a child it's hard to stop, but now they are healed & I try very hard to leave them alone.