ouch my nails!

Berries - lost my long post, but basically if you have oozing & smells, you probably already have a fungus underneath your nails. First I'd stop painting. THen I'd get to a dermatologist (hair/skin/nails) as soon as possible. Although I ended up at a hospital podiatrist who had to cut my toe nails WAY back. Ugh. Treatment takes a LONG time, as toe nails don't grow back for a year or more.

As your doc about starting Biotin. It made my nails much stronger.

Hi Berries,

It’s from the taxol. I had that too. My nails also leaked a smelly yellowish liquid, but clear. My MO just told me to keep an eye out for infection. If the liquid became pus to get in touch ASAP. The nails also start lifting and really hurt. I managed to not lose any fingernails with the following routine. Every night after shower I would dry around the cuticles with some pressure to get as much fluid out as possible, then I would apply some liquid antiseptic and a bandaid on the most lifted or oozing. It looked weird having like 6 or 7 finger mails with band sid bit eorked for me. They were ugly but I kept them. I also kept mine painted to be minimally presentable at work. I lost about half of both my big toenails. They just lifted, got brittle and broke, but I found a lady in my town that worked with a German resin for restoration, so she would complete the toenail and then paint them and they were perfect. I also put this product on fingernails to make them stronger and more even. I loved the results.

My dermatologist recommended an OTC product called DermaNail. I've been using it twice a day for about four months now and my nails are doing much better. (FWIW--it's on Amazon but I found it cheaper if I bought two bottles on the company's website. I keep one in the kitchen and one by my bed.)

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LCN's Barefoot is a strong, yet flexible product that feels and looks natural. Anyone with damaged or unsightly toenails will love the results!

LCN's Barefoot is the only anti-mycotic, light-curing, one component pedicure resin. Barefoot is a way to restore the toenail partially or completely, while providing an attractive cosmetic result.

Barefoot contains the ingredient Piroctone Olimine, a proven anti-mycotic substance that is time released to keep working even after the product is cured. Due to the flexibility of Barefoot, the product adjusts to the movements of the nails and feet, feeling completely comfortable and natural.

Berries - in addition to the antibiotic, check with the doc about soaking your nails in something like Epsom Salts.

I also had taxol, carboplatin, adriamycin and cytoxan, my nails are peeling off. Saw Derm, there is a good layer underneath, but I can't pick up small things because the nails spllt more. Toe nails the same. I have triple neg breast cancer, finished chemo end of December, mastectomy with reconstruction in Feb, now undergoing radiation. Hate the way my nails look and feel