Splitting fingernails causes

Fingernails are eventually some living part of our body. That is given by the fact that they are connected with the blood vessels through the nail matrix. This connection provides them the actual healthy pinkish look and nourishes them, in order that they can grow.


A fingernail represents more than just what we actually see. What we see is the fingernail plate that offers us the possibility of differentiating ourselves from the others. The fingernail plate is very sensitive at everything that goes on, inside your body and as well to any other external factor that one may deal with.

Therefore, some fingernail disorders appear during one’s lifetime. While some are more serious, some are less serious, while some of the causes can be easily discovered, some cannot be seized but just after a doctor furrow check up. One of the fingernail disorders that one may face is splitting fingernails. The cause of split fingernails is various. This fingernail disorder is known under the name of onychoschizia.

This disease is characterized by frail soft fingernails, ridged fingernails, and is one of the most common fingernail diseases that is seen and that the specialists confront with. In order to start any treatment for your splitting fingernails, one must know the exact cause of split fingernails.

One of the causes that lead to fingernail splitting is the frequently wet and drying process that is common among chefs, house cleaners, nurses, hairdressers. Using too many nail cosmetics, such as nail hardeners, nail polishing remover, nail procedures and as well exposing your nails to some other chemicals, will lead to nail splitting. A trauma that took place at some moment in time at the base of your fingernail plate will have recurrence later on. While these represent the external causes of the fingernail splitting, one must be aware of the fact, that if the treatment applied for any of the causes mentioned above, will not work in lest say the most, six months, it means that the cause of split fingernails is definitely another.

The internal causes that lead to split fingernails are gland disease, tuberculosis, Sjogren Syndrome, malnutrition; people that have some skin diseases and as well people that take too many oral medications made from vitamin A.

If the cause was discovered one may begin treating the nail splitting accordingly. Some of the  fingernail splitting treatments are ceasing to use nail polish, nail polish removers, nail strengtheners; use daily moisturizing creams for hands and fingernails, maintain the fingernails at a normal fingernail length and a constant one.  As they as well may suffer some mineral, vitamin or nutritional deficiency, going to a specialist and asking him to prescribe the suitable supplements for you, is as well a good idea.

In working around chemicals, having contact with water, one could use a pair of rubber gloves for the fingernails protection. Applying nail oil like vitamin E or castor oil, will help in treating and as well preventing fingernail splitting. Fingernail cream will help a lot in this treatment. There is no such thing as too much fingernail cream. Anyhow, these creams should not contain any fragrance or chemicals in them.

One may believe that water is not such an important factor in all of this, but not water on the hands but drinking water, is essential to repair the fingernails splitting. No matter the cause and the depth of the splitting of your fingernails may be, one will have to take into account the possibility of finding out a solution for the problem. It is not indicated to leave your fingernails like this, as it may get worse and can even split so much as the fingernail will fall off. And then, there are other more serious things to deal with.