How do I get my nails to be strong, long and healthy? EASY 10 POINTS!

I used to bite my nails and i still sorta do... They are like separating into layer and peeling. I know this is not a good sign.. I want my nails to be strong, healthy and I want them to grow faster. Do you know anything I can do or any foods I can eat because my mom says that im not getting a certain vitamin that i need... but which one is it and which foods have it? PLEASE HELP!!How do I get my nails to be strong, long and healthy? EASY 10 POINTS!
Fertalize them


:]How do I get my nails to be strong, long and healthy? EASY 10 POINTS!
You can buy nailpolish that helps strengthen your nails. Even if it doesn't work, the nailpolish might deter you from biting. Take vitamins, and drink a lot of milk because you need calcium and also protein. Also, eating right and healthy will make your nails healthy as well. Remember, the healthier you are, the healthier your nails will be.


Moisturize your hands and nails! Like skin, your nails are living tissue. Having dry nails causes them to be brittle and slows growth.


Also, contrary to popular belief, doing things like washing the dishes by hand, and taking baths, can actually play a part in nail growth. The soak in hot water can actually help the nails grow.
It really depends on what you are eating. Your nails are sign of your health. If the whites of your nails are clear and your nails are easily bent you are not healthy. If the whites are very white and hard you are healthy.


You are probably not getting enough keratin, which makes hair and nails and the horns that rhinos have, and many other things (hooves, beaks, feathers, claws, etc). I am not sure what food it is found in but below is a webpage which may help.
There is Green tea solutions that help them grow fater and stronger than normal nails. Its in a nail polish bottle. Its at most drug stores and places like walmart. My step-mother uses it because she used to put fake nails on all the time and it ruined the nails itself and had to grow them all over again and she still uses them and they look great! So you can definitly give it a shot since it cant hurt you and its not expensive at all. It will tell you how often to put it on, maybe like twice a day or something.





Best of Luck





Take care, Alex
I used to bite my nails to and what i used was Sally Hansen Hard as Wraps. It's sort of like an acrylic gel except less maintenance. It protects your nails and makes it hard for you to bite them because the gel is really hard. If you leave it on long enough your nails will be longer and healthier. I also heard that eating jello will strengthen your nails because of the gelatine in it.
Invest in a manicure and afterwards your nails will be so pretty you can overcome biting them for a while. They will also be protected so they can grow longer. Then, when the polish chips off, keep it up with good clear polish or more manicures.
Take Vitamin E pills (make sure you ask a doctor how much to take--you can overdose on even vitamins!); get sculptured acrylic nails (not glue-on acrylic nails--those kill natural nails!); have acrylic gel put over your own natural nails; use Jergens lotion for extra dry skin (white bottle, light blue cap, orange color on front); get regular manicures... the possibilities are endless. Hope at least one of these helps!
There are some vitamins that you can take to help support your nails. Hehehehe...Kinda forgot what the vitamin was though. To harden your nails, temporarily though, you can use a special nail polish. I believe it is Sally Hanson brand. Good luck with your nails! Hope this helps.
same here, exept i swim and the chlorine makes them sooo weak, what you need to do is stop biting them, and dont touch them, put nail strengthner on them (regularly), and cut them as this makes them strong, after cutting them file them down, then leave them for a week and do the same thing again.
their is a thing called calcium gel, for your nails, that you can buy at drugstores, and you apply it as a base coat and it helps your nails grow in a matter of days. also you should try taking vitamins, or eating healthier. hope this helps.
its hereditary, I have nice long hard nails and my sister doesn't. I do nothing special to make them grow they just do. My sister has tried vitamins, nail creams and expensive nail polish, she still has stubby finger nails that split !!!
i dont know about food but you could buy this stuff http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.a… hope this helps :]
Dont chew them, and get a nail polish for nail growth.


If you do chew your nails, there is a nailpolish that you put on


and it tastes gross so you wont wont to chew them.





Hope i helped
what u do is drink alot of milk and go to the store and get the nalpolish thats good for ur nails i think it says somthing like leanth and streanth





hope i helped
Take prenatal vitamins. They are available over the counter. They are expensive, but if you really want strong nails, that's the way to go.
Eat gelatin and foods with calcium like milk and what not or take calcium pills. File and buff them on a regular basis to keep them in shape and strong.
Garlic! Both eaten and directly applied to your nauils work like a charm!!


Also try taking a multivitamin like Centrum to help out :-)
okay, get some clear nail polish, use to help your nails grow strong, and longg :]





I use it, works great!!





there are a million kinds too! some in different colors.
don't bite your nails! it's really bad for them!





get some clear nail strengthener polish! they're available at walgreens, rite aid, longs, even rite aid and vons!
use this it works really well!!!!





http://www.opi.com/nail_envy.asp
prenatal vitamins really do help iuse them mmy nails are strong and long when i go get them done people always thing they r fake
drink a glass of milk twice a day. put some coating on your nails, clean 'em everyday, trim them everyday.
Biotin supplements



there is a clear coated nailpolish that helps grow and make them stronger....go to like a walgreens walmart target or a beauty store!!!
Take Vitamin E. It's great for hair, skin, and nails. It worked for me!
eat dairy products
my old teacher had a nail polish that you put on and it puts like a protective layer on them but if u break it it really hurts but it wont break
vitamins i think zinc and calcium
OLIVE OIL!!!
Use maxim growth clear nail polish it works
maybe drink milk..c if there is a nail polish or something that can help ur nails..or see a nail specialist...and eat organges... :)