Vitamins

I must confess that I am blessed with long hard nails naturally.  I come from a long line of women who have had absolutely no problems growing out and maintaining beautiful nails.  Growing up, I would sit at my Grandmother's kitchen table and watch as she applied her perfect manicure.  She never really did any colors.  It usually was just a nude mani but watching her always intrigued me on how she always had those beautiful nails, especially working as a nurse for the VA for 30 years.

As a child, I never had long nails.  I was a tom boy.  I played baseball in the summer and cheered/danced in the fall until I got into high school.  When I got into high school, I started letting them grow out until I got into Color Guard.  I had to keep them short so that I could keep a grip on my pole and riffles.  Can't really toss around a six foot pole and catch it without stabbing yourself in the palms!!  (Insert bad band camp jokes here.)

I ended up cutting my hair off one hot summer day due to believing the weight of my hair was causing migraines (proved to be a passed on migraine issue from generations of migraine sufferers in my family.).  It was almost to my waist and ended up cutting it into a bob type of style.  A HUGE change.  Since then, my hair hasn't grown much more than to the middle of my back before I cut it off again.  Now, I'm in the process of letting it grow out again.  It's a long and tedious process.

What does this have to do with nails, you ask.  Well, I spent hours searching the internet for quick ways to grow my hair out again and I came across a forum talking about vitamins.  I searched hundreds of sites and forums about these so called "Hair, Skin, & Nails" vitamins.  After finding all the information I could actually find, I decided to give it a shot.  These are the ones I ended up buying.  They are about $6 a bottle.

I started taking them in February when I "chopped" my hair off again, regretfully.  I also had the top of my hair bleached and the bottom dyed a dark brown.  I just finished my first bottle (240) yesterday.  My bangs are well to the tip of my nose now when they were cut about 2 1/2 - 3 inches ABOVE my eyebrows.  My roots have come out from the bleach blonde hair about the same amount.  The back of my hair went from a couple inches above my shoulders to right at the middle of my shoulder blades.

That's only THREE months.  My hair doesn't even grow that much in half a year, really.  I've also noticed that my hair isn't falling out like it was.  When I would shower, I would have strands of hair falling out every time I touched my hair.  Not so much now!

Again, what does this have to do with nails?

My nails now grow twice as fast as they did and are harder than they ever have been.  I rarely have to deal with my nails breaking.  They usually only break now when they get too long and I catch them on something, like a car door handle that snaps them down to the skin...Ouch!

I bought my second bottle yesterday and will continue to use these vitamins!  I do suggest that you take only one in the morning with a FULL bottle of water and two at night on a full stomach.  I was taking two in the morning and one at night and always ended up sick in the morning.  I'm sure thought if you eat breakfast it wouldn't affect you the way it did me.

And a little perk of these vitamins for me was the fact that I had psoriasis on my wrists, feet, knees, and the backs of my hands and legs but it seems to have gone away for the most part.  I had tried everything from creams to prescriptions to make it go away and it never did.  Maybe, just maybe, these vitamins helped!!

**Keep an eye out tomorrow for a new polish review!!

--B