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Permalink Reply by Rose Marie' on
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Hi
I think this is very rare, but I have heard of people getting ridging and pitting in their nails. My daughter has had alopecia for many years. Her nails have been very normal. I meet a lot of people with alopecia and most do not have problems with their nails.
Hope this helps.
Rosy
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Permalink Reply by Ruthie on
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Hi,
I have the pitting and ridges in my nails, have not lost any though. I do take hair skin and nails vitimins, LOL obviously hasn't helped my lack of hair, but it has made my nails stronger.
Ruth
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I have the ridges, pitting and flaking nails. What type off vitamins do you take to help? I've started with a multivitamin that has biotin but is there anything else that helps the nails?
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I have had alopecia for as long as I remember but I have never lost my finger nails, I know that not everyone is the same, but the worse my nails have been are 'flaky' and VERY ridgy. I cover them with nail varnish all the time.
I recently had gel nails done and the salon people told me to use cuticle oil more to strengthen them as they seemed to be also dry.
I guess if you look after your nails as best you can I don't imagine they will fall off...
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Permalink Reply by Mary Addyson Harville on
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I've had alopecia for 3 years and my nails are kinda weird lol but they grow very slowly and are bumpy?? I keep nail polish on them though and you can't tell a difference :)
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Permalink Reply by Debs on
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I have a type of cicatrical (scarring) alopecia and one of the signs with us is we have a slight change in our nails, I did not even notice it was only when my dermatologist checked my finger nails and pointed out I now have some ridges I became aware of it. So, no in all the information I have looked at and from anything my dermatologist has said losing nails is not a part of any type of alopecia. If you have concerns about what your read on google please do contact your doctor so they can put your mind at rest. There can be a lot of incorrect info on the internet so don't take everthing you read as the truth. xxx
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Permalink Reply by Casey on
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I have read about pitted nails too (but Ive never heard anything about LOSING nails- yikes). Ive had AU for 13 years and my nails are normal. I have had soft nails my whole life and they break easily, but Ive had no changes since my AU diagnosis.
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I have had issues w my nail from birth. I was told i had no finger nails at birth. I'm sure I've had this all my life. It wasn't until i was 40 and going thru allot of stress that it became AU. It sucks. I have good days and bad days.
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Permalink Reply by Mama Burd on
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I have had fingernail ridges and have been losing my toenails since childhood, but my alopecia has only shown up in the last year. (I am now 33.)
I also have psoriatic arthritis,though, so it could be due to that. It is another autoimmune disorder, and once you have one, you are opened up to all the rest...
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Permalink Reply by Tuesday on
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I've read of the loss of fingernails but haven't yet experienced it. I've had alopecia universalis since 2000 and have several other autoimmune conditions. I've always always had very weak brittle nails that don't grow and easily get hangnails - all my life..
Since developing AU, my nails have become much more thin - if I apply fake nails for instance, I'm certain to rip off the nail bed. My nails also split. I keep the nails as possible so people hopefully don't notice.
That said - a few years ago I smashed my thumb really hard and ended up damaging and losing the entire nail. It was just raw nailbed - no nail. I was really scared - I thought for sure the nail would not grown back or if it did, it would be damaged
for ever. But no, of the span of 8 months, the nail grew back and looks normal and healthy as it every day.
KFlame said, 'I guess if you look after your nails as best you can I don't imagine they will fall off..." Sorry, I disagree. Obviously, look after your nails as best you can but you can't control this disease entirely. It's like saying well, eat properly, get enough sleep and you won't develop alopecia universalis? You can't really control it, entirely.
I do find natural products like olive oil or shea butter help the nails stay less brittle (put on the nails). I eat a lot of oily fish with OMEGA 3s and take Flax Seed Oil too but don't notice this helps with the nails.
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Permalink Reply by Lexi on
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I have always had good nails and they grow like crazy. They still grow like crazy, but in recent years, and maybe it was since I started having hairloss, they have ridges on each one. They also get very dry. I would like to polish them, but either the polish or the remover, or both, (and I have tried all the brands and all the types of formulas) make they really bone dry. One thumb nail has such deep ridges, it is hard to let it grow longer because the ridge splits the nail. I always try to keep hand lotion on. Don't know if the nails and the hair loss are connected in any way.
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I have had problems with my fingernails for a couple years and AU for three years. They don't just fall off, but they become thin, they separate, crack and shred. If not for my nail tech, I could not get anything out of my pocket or purse without lots of pain. I really could not even function because of the pain. Fortunately for me, I already had a great relationship with a knowledgable nail tech. She has done my nails every two weeks for 7 years. When I went through the trauma of my husband's suicide and the onset of alopecia shortly after, she was there for me. She has made my nails visibly almost normal looking and helped protect them with gel nails. I cannot go for two weeks without them shredding even with her help unless I am on medication. I have been on cyclosporin a few times which caused my hair, lashes, and brows to regrow every time, but I always had to quit because it was damaging my kidneys. Now I am on orencia infusions. I have been on this for 6 months and have not regrown hair, but my nails are almost normal so I know it is working to some degree.
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