Holly, Chemo is a nasty thing.... It may kill the cancer but it does some crazy things to the rest of your body.... And everyone reacts differently. In my case....with the chemo drug taxotere (buffered taxol) I lost ALL of my nails.... And when they grew back on my hands...oh god are they funky...bumpy, thin, vertical splits...on my feet....it seems the left foot mirrored the right. For instance big toes....both had vertical splits on the left sides..with pieces of the nail on the side missing....kinda looks like I did a real bad ingrown toenail fix. My toes next to the pinky toes never grew back correct...both are baby thin.. My fingernails have some separations...especially the thumb nails. So unless she has a severe allergy to nail polish, I would say it was the chemo...jmho....
Pati On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:24 AM, holly cliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently referred a client to a podiatrist. I am hoping that in the New > Year I will start working with this podiatrist on a sort of internship and > then establish a referral system with her. I referred my client because her > toe nails are separating from the nail bed, and taking on a new shape.....and > it's really bothering her. Several years ago she went through a round of > aggressive chemo and that's when I first started noticing a difference in the > nail. I believe the problem is connected to that, I don't think there is any > fungus growing under there. > > The podiatrist is testing for fungus, but she advised my client that if she > is wearing "nail polish" all the time that this could have caused the > problem, and mentioned that she has seen this many times before. Her > recommendation was to either stop wearing polish or go to the health food > store and get some "healthy" polish. I believe she is talking about polishes > with formaldehyde, toluene and DBP. So, I hadnt heard that these chemicals > caused nail plate separation but that's interesting to know. The doc said > that the chemicals penetrate the nail plate and seep into the soft tissue of > the nail bed, cause this separation and also get into the blood stream. > > I've used OPI, CND polishes for many years (and I believe they've been 3 free > for many years). These days I seldom use polish.....most toes I do are > Shellac or gel/glitter and I believe that is also "3 free" > > Anyone know anything about this? > > Holly Cliffe > Holly Cliffe Nail Design > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
