If I had kept all my nail clippings since I was little, I would by now have a mountain the size of Snowdon.
My nails grow at an unprecedented speed; it is a constant battle keeping pace with them.
Women often used to say how lucky I was, but I never saw it that way. Being a keen gardener, they are always grubby, and need almost daily trimming to avoid things sprouting from the accumulated dirt.
I am aware that nails depend on Biotin for growth, but I'd never previously thought of seeing from where it is sourced. Consulting Dr Google, it seems that almost everything I enjoy eating is rich in Biotin, so maybe I need to change my diet. (Maybe I enjoy eating those things BECAUSE they are rich in Biotin)
I have nothing against my Frankenstein nail growth, but it would be nice not to have to clip them several bloody times a week.
Same here, Cro. My nails grow amazingly fast, and I hate it!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, nice to know there are others with the same problem.
DeleteSame here. I always seem to be cutting my nails. I looked up Biotin and see that, not surprisingly, it is also good for hair. I do not plan to change my diet.
DeleteWe must be related.
DeleteYou keep your nails very nice and clean too.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
I'm permanently cleaning them!
DeleteDo your toe nails grow as fast? They are the problem as you grow older. Seeing what you're doing for a start. They seem to get farther and farther away.
ReplyDeleteYes, but I attend to them less. I do a two-weekly foot pampering, which always feels great.
DeleteI shall now go an look that up.
ReplyDeleteMe too, later when i'll come back home from my duties of the day.
ReplyDeleteReally inspiring.OMG
ReplyDeleteAlmost as interesting as your usual comments.
DeleteYou lack imagination.
DeleteYou lack Biotin.
DeletePoor argument. There is one big difference..I'm young and you are going steadily towards your eighty years I suppose You can get as much Biotin in your food as you want .....
DeleteYOU ARE YOUNG? I had always imagined you were ancient; your arguments suggest as much.
DeleteNot a problem I have, two weeks for finger nails, about 6 for toenails. Local Alien is right about toe nails, which is why people of certain age go to places to have them trimmed. A bad back makes it all the harder.
ReplyDeleteI would hate to have people fiddle with my toe nails.
DeleteI must check up on this biotin thing.....could do with more hair !!
ReplyDeleteMe too, but it doesn't seem to work on hair; at least not mine.
DeleteI just looked it up. I eat all of those biotin rich foods daily and yet my nails and hair STILL grow really slowly so I must be going wrong somewhere. I need a nail trim and hair cut once in three months. Peanuts - can't get enough of them, and sunflower seeds!
ReplyDeleteThink yourself lucky; all that time you're saving.
DeleteIt is all in the genes. Forget the buying biotin supplements propaganda. They just want you to buy it.
ReplyDeleteI never buy supplements. Waste of money
DeleteChristopher Lloyd used to put his nail clippings on his garden. Since reading this many years ago I've done the same. Never taken a supplement in my life. Loathe long nails, especially when varnished.
ReplyDeleteLloyd was an E Sussex man like myself. I suppose I should follow his ways. His garden was superb; it must work!
DeleteMy nails grow quickly too but I can't bear them long. My daughters have beautifully painted talons but then they don't do any hard work!
ReplyDeleteNot good for gardening or painting. Too dirty.
DeleteI know when I haven't been making pots..I have to trim my nails!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you use very gritty clay.
DeleteIf you had kept all the nail clippings since you were little, I don't think I would want to know you.
ReplyDeleteHoward Hughes kept all his piss, you'd have wanted to know him even less.
DeleteNever heard of biotin but I heard once, and once only, that eating jelly is good for the nails. Don't know what it does to rest of your body. Not a lot of good I suppose.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I've eaten too much of it; I love those little squares of Chivers jelly.
DeleteFREAK
ReplyDeleteYup; you got it!
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting because I was commenting to a friend the other day that nails (and beard) sometimes grow at an alarming rate and sometimes (usually when one has just broken a nail) they grow really slowly.
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