Super excited to finally have fingernails that I can file and paint. All of the protein I'm now consuming (instead of carbs) is really showing in my nails. I think I will schedule a manicure for just before Christmas. This is a nice side effect of my new healthier eating habits.

Edited December 3, 20169 yr by Treadmillwalker

Did your nails not really grow before? Or were they just poor quality?

My nails have always grown extremely fast (I have to trim them twice a week), but I've always been a big meat eater and maybe that's why.

Mine have been growing too. They would barely grow but if they did they were always soft and bendy and hardly ever grew above my fingerb tips. But now they grow faster and harder and stuff. Still chip and break like before but not as much or often.

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My hair came back in thicker, curlier and much healthier as well. My stylist cannot believe how thick my hair is now.

I was just saying that today!!! not only growing but strong and I work in a doctors office and ALWAYS washing my hands..now my fingers don't look so stubby..thinning out with nails..lmao

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I take HAIR SKIN AND NAILS every day. And yes my nails do grow faster than before. And I think I notice more now because I get my nails done every 2 weeks.

Mine have grown longer than they have ever been in my whole life

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Did your nails not really grow before? Or were they just poor quality?

My nails have always grown extremely fast (I have to trim them twice a week), but I've always been a big meat eater and maybe that's why.

My nail did not grow fast or strong before. They would break easily. Now my hands look nicer.

Had lapband surgery 10/12/16

Edited December 4, 20169 yr by Treadmillwalker

My nails have been growing as well. I hope they thicken up because they used to always break and so I would try to keep them short. (Also I'm an accountant so using a calculator with nails is a pain). However I'd be happy to take that pain for pretty nails.

Our bodies are smart: If our diet is low in certain nutrients, Vitamins, amino acids, Protein, etc. then our body prioritized vital systems such as internal organs to receive those nutrients. hair and nails are lowest on the totem pole, so they are the first to show the effects of malnutrition.

It's ironic that we as a population are both obese and malnourished at the same time, but it's because so many carb-sugar-fatty-processed foods are empty calories and/or have chemicals that interfere with nutrient absorption. And partly because modern farming techniques have depleted the soil to the point where scientists record only a fraction of the nutrients in our fruits/vegetables today as there were 50-75 years ago).

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My hair came back in thicker, curlier and much healthier as well. My stylist cannot believe how thick my hair is now.

That's awesome and encouraging! When did it start growing back

I'm eight months post oP and hair looks stringy and scalp is out:(

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I started losing it fast at 8 weeks post op and it continued through month 13. that said, all the while i was losing, new hair was coming in. By month 15 post op i had sprouts everywhere. It drove me nuts.

Then before I new it, My hair was thicker than it was before.

I did take Biotin for the first year but i am not convinced it did anything.