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Can nail brittleness be caused by vitamin deficiency
I am 39 year old lady. I have been noticing that my nails are going brittle day by day. I am eating a lot of salad also to get my nails better. I have showed it to my beautician she says it can be due to vitamin deficiency. Does vitamins deficieny be responsible for nail brittleness?
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Nail brittleness is caused by fungal infection or Iron deficiency never by vitamin deficiency- not that I know of or usual.
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Check hemoglobin, serum iron & TIBC, if possible repost the question with pictures of your nails
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Do not seek medical opinion from non medical personnel. (Who knows,in future Supreme Court May enable beauticians to do a bridge course and start practising rural Medicine)
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Dr. Diana Borgio
General Physician
8 yrs exp
Bangalore
hi.. brittle nails can be caused by defeciency in iron and very rarely due to vitamin defeciency also a times. Would advise you to get you hb and vit b 12 and consult a dermatologist for the further course of action. Also make sure u are well hyfdrated and a watch on the products that u use on your hands
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