Nurses, Teachers, Hygienists and BAD Nails.

I've been busy and away - but time to answer another question lots of you seem to have...

Your profession has you washing your hands or using alcohol rub all the time and that's really hard on the nails. Here is an actual email that I received yesterday or the day before.

• I've being using flexinail for approximately 4 weeks. I'm using it as directed. I'm a nurse and work 3 days a week. I wash my hands constantly at work. Is it ok to use clear polish to protect my nails from the hand washing and alcohol rub damage.

Answer: Washing your hands all the time is very hard on the nails - but you have to. The problem with wearing a clear coat is that is you are trying to repair your nails then using a polish actually stops the FlexiNail from absorbing properly in to the nail. So you are helping to repel the alcohol, but FlexiNail isn't able to do its job.

If possible, we would recommend trying the following...

On the days you aren't working and during the period you are actively tryin to get your nails back in shape - keep a vial of FlexiNail around and apply thin coats often ( a couple or more times throughout the day). If your nails are the way you want them - then just apply normally.

On the days when you are working and washing your hands constantly - apply Flexinail in the morning and let it soak in for a few minutes before wiping any off. This in itself will help protect your nails. If you are able to take a lunch break - apply another thin coat and just let it soak also for a few minutes. At night - again let them soak with an application. It just has to be thin a very thin application. Not only are you replentishing the nail with lost lipids etc, the prensence of FlexiNail in the nail will help "repel" some of the damage all the washing is doing.

Of course - when you get your nails the way you want them - wear polish as much as you want - trying to coincide that with work days of course :)

If you have a question for us, please visit FlexiNail and click on the "contact us" link.

You can also read actual FlexiNail customer testimonials by clicking here: FlexiNail Testimonials

Looking after the Nail Matrix

The nail matrix is critical to ongoing improved nails (the matrix is the part under the cuticle generating new nail growth). Looking after your nail matrix today, helps ensure healthy looking nails a few months down the road when this new nail growth actually grows out to the ends of your fingers. It is much easier to help out NEW nail growth from the start than it is to try to dramatically change the existing nail..

For more nail information, visit: www.FlexiNail.com

Chemotherapy, brittle nails and free FlexiNail

Although hair loss and chemotherapy are well associated - nails problems are also very common.

We get people writing and asking if it's true, "Do we give away free product to people on chemotherapy?"

The short answer is yes we do. The longer answer is that we also have to limit the free product we give away - or people just abuse it and write and say they are undergoing chemotherapy and want free product. When you write us, please tell us a little about yourself. Don't just write and request free product please. Ideally, we would like to help those people that are having some financial difficulties (although right now, who isn't?).

Tell us what drug you're taking, a little about what you're going through and maybe why some free product would make a difference to you. We will take your email and put you on our list - we try to help out one person (and sometimes more) each day.

Write FlexiNail at admin@FlexiNail.com and remember to stay positive.

FlexiNail use with nail polish

We get a lot of questions about the use of FlexiNail with nail polish. The list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the FlexiNail website answer quite a few different questions. To view this, visit www.flexinail.com/faq.php

To answer the nail polish question...

If your nails are pretty bad, we would suggest you try NOT to use nail polish at all for at least the first couple of weeks (or longer if possible). The FlexiNail won’t get past the polish coat – so it can’t be absorbed into the nail. Without polish, this gives your whole nail a chance to absorb FlexiNail. After you start to get your nails back on track (assuming they are really bad to start) then use polish as you want (sparingly with breaks if possible). If you are using FlexiNail just to improve your nails - then we still suggest at least several days, a week or even longer at the start without polish - then just try to minimize the harsh on-going use of polish remover etc. Remember, if you are using polish, make sure that you are getting FlexiNail under the cuticle into the matrix area and also up the sides of the nail and into the skin all around the nail.

If you keep the nail matrix (that's the part under the cuticle) conditioned then this new nail that grows will be in better shape from the start - a lot more efficient that trying to change the nail that's already there. Your results with FlexiNail won't be as dramatic or fast when used with polish - but get the conditioner to the matrix area and you will still see benefits when this new nail growth grows out to the end of your fingers.

Not SO FAST... not typical FlexiNail results

The following is an actual email I received a few minutes ago. I am NOT posting it here because it is such a nice email - it really is. I am posting it here because at FlexiNail we work really hard to keep people's expectations about super fast results. Most people have suffered years and years with bad nails or those of the "not-so-real" type.

We try hard to tell people to be patient and that over time with two or three quick (10 second) applications of FlexiNail a day - that the nails will improve. That is why FlexiNail offers a 100 day guarantee - because results arent usually immediate. Products that claim to offer immediate results should be viewed very cautiously.

So apply FlexiNail and be patient! As new nails grow to the end of the finger - the improvements are gradual. During this process, many people actually experience an increase in brittleness (likely because they are paying more attention to their nails).

The email below is completely UNedited with not a single word changed (except for her email address)... Read other FlexiNail testimonials by clicking here.

admin@flexinail.com
date		Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:57 AM
subject		FlexiNail Contact Us email

From: shuXXXXXXXXXX@msn.com
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Just wanted to write and tell you that I love your product. I have tried numerous other nail creams oils and systems (both internet and retail) through the years and this is the first product that ever delivered what it promised. I have always had dry and brittle nails that were a pain to keep long and pretty so it was a constant struggle. This of course led me to artificial nails which further damaged my nails but was the only way I could have nice hands. I actually tried for three years after my second to last set of fake nails to try and let them grow – three entire years and my nails never looked because they would always break and split. They didn’t look half as good as they do with only six weeks of using Flexinails.

In a moment of weakness I put the fake nails back on for a couple of months before coming to my senses. I tried another internet nail cream and while my stubby nails looked a little better my nails would still continue to split and break as soon as they got the least bit of length on them. I never could get them all to grow to the top of my fingertips at the same time. After a little over one month of use of Flexinails all my nails are to the end of my finger tips and feel strong and bendable!! I can’t believe it!! I keep a bottle in my car and a bottle next to my bed and I constantly reapply as I love the shiny coat it gives my natural nails and it keeps my cuticles moist. I just placed a six month order as I do not want to be without this product and even though I have some left in both bottles I find myself “worrying” that I will run out. I can not wait to see what my nails look like after the three month period if they already look as good as they do after 6 weeks.

S. Hughes

Gardening and Nails

I'm out in the yard today doing some spring clean-up. Although I'm not doing any gardening today- it reminded me of all our customers that do garden.

While dirty nails are just part of gardening, the dirt can be very drying. So a tip from some of our regular customers is to apply FlexiNail an hour or so before going to work in the garden. It helps the nails from getting brittle and makes cleaning the nails after the garden work a bit easier as well.

If you have a nail tip for us, please feel free to visit http://www.FlexiNail.com and click on the contact us link.

Trying to make a tiny difference

Before I post a single message about nails, I want to mention another effort I am undertaking to make a small contribution back. As part of a fund-raising effort to help build a new school in Nepal, for the first time in my life, I have grown long hair. It's been a year and a half!
I am shaving my head to help raise money for this. We're up to over $1,000 and I'm pretty happy about that. So I am trying to start this blog by asking you to keep an open mind to making a small donation to "Room to Read" (http://www.RoomtoRead.org) or if you are in Canada you can get a tax receipt by visiting my donation page at: http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=606

Even if you can't make a large donation let me ask you to go without a coffee for one day. I love coffee and it's hard, but skip the bought coffee or latte for just one day and donate the $4 to help make a difference in the lives of many families. Help out if you can! Thanks, Derek

My other interests in this area are helping out "micro lending" - a way to allow people (primarily women in the third world) to get on the road to self-sufficiency by allowing them to purchase a cow or a sewing machine etc to start a micro-enterprise. I'll also tell you how FlexiNail makes efforts to help those undergoing chemotherapy (which is very tough on nails as well as hair). I'll write about these more as we go along.

So hope you'll enjoy the post and contribute your thoughts as well.