My nails have been peeling like this for years and years. I use cuticle oil, a strengthening clear coat, try not to keep them too long but it seems like nothing works.
I’ve gone to the nail salon and done shellac on my nails and they peeled the very next day.
by mallorylee
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If you find the solution, let me know. I’ve just chalked up mine to bad genetics and accepted it. One of my siblings and myself have this issue, and my other two siblings have no problems whatsoever.
Read the ingredients on the strengthening clear coat, it might be dehydrating your nails more and exacerbating the peeling.
I was having peeling nails for the past several months. Recently, I forgot to use base coat on a manicure, and my nails didn’t peel at all while I was wearing it or taking it off. I did another without base coat, and had similar results. I think it has an ingredient that doesn’t work with my body.
OPI repair mode has been really helpful for me in stopping peeling! I just apply a couple coats on my bare nails before I paint them, which is once a week.
I’ve had this same issue ever since I started using polish a couple of years ago. I kinda blame it on general abuse from water and frequent polish removal but I wonder if there may be a deficiency at play also. I’ve taken a break from polish, started wearing gloves for doing dishes, started a multivitamin with biotin, and have been using Onyx Hard as Hoof religiously. It’s taken about 3 months but I’m now peel free and hoping that I can start using polish again if I am careful and continue to moisturize under the tips
What do you do for work?
I just started putting effort into my nails, so I’m not speaking from much experience, but I bought the [Butter Sheer Wisdom Nail Tinted Moistuizer](https://www.beyondpolish.com/products/butter-london-sheer-wisdom-nail-tinted-moisturizer-light?refSrc=6560739360819&nosto=product-try-these-instead). It’s a beautiful color. So far, I love it! I can’t speak to long term benefits, but it could be worth a try.
I’m sorry 🙁 I can only speak to my own experience, which is ongoing but has lessened *significantly* over the past year or so. I might see peeling on a single nail maybe once every couple of months.
For me, just nail oil (multiple times a day) worked better than a combination of both nail oil and a strengthening/hardening base coat. Naturally, nail polish peels off me in nice/full peelies – with regular/smoothing base coat (no peely base needed). When I notice any sort of wear/chipping at the tips, I peel off my polish from one side of the nail to the other instead of allowing time for it to chip at the front, which I find often takes off some of the top of my nail. I never use acetone or any nail polish remover. I also only file my nails! I noticed whenever I picked at my nails (or bit them, since I’m being fully transparent here), the peeling problem got worse.
Do some research on strengthening base coats etc. there’s a spreadsheet showing PVB base coats vs. non of you search around here about peeling nails. Some people’s nails don’t like certain ingredients.
Do you use gloves when you wash dishes? Using gloves helped prevent mine from peeling.
Idk. Mines do too. If I polish, they peel. If I don’t they are perfect
I had this problem for a long time, and the thing that finally saved me was Nailtiques Formula 2. Reinforced my nails like crazy, they’re really strong now.
My solution was biotin supplements. Really helps strengthen the nails.