So true Pati..mine not that bad but toenails are not the same as before
chemo!
Debbie G.
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From: Pati Schembari <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 02:18:43 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: NailTech:: huh..polish causes nail separation!
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
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