The skin is our largest organ—adults carry some 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) and 22 square feet (2 square meters) of it. It is in three layers.  This fleshy covering does a lot more than make us look presentable. In fact, without it, we’d literally evaporate.  Skin acts as a waterproof, insulating shield, guarding the body against extremes of temperature, damaging sunlight, and harmful chemicals. It also exudes antibacterial substances that prevent infection and manufactures vitamin D for converting calcium into healthy bones and supporting a normal immune system. Skin additionally is a huge sensor packed with nerves for keeping the brain in touch with the outside world. At the same time, skin allows us free movement, proving itself an amazingly versatile organ.

Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow. Thirty-five meters of hair fiber is produced every day on the average adult scalp. The average scalp has 100,000 hairs. Redheads have the least at 80,000; brown and black haired persons have about 100,000; and blondes have the most at 120,000. 90% of scalp hairs are growing and 10% are resting. It is normal to lose 100 hairs per day from the scalp. You must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone. Many drugs can cause hair loss. Thyroid imbalance and iron insufficiencies are nutritionally reversible causes for hair loss. Over 50% of men by age 50 have male pattern hair loss. Forty percent of women by the time they reach menopause will have female pattern (hereditary) hair loss.

Nails grow faster in the summer than in the winter. Men’s nails grow faster than women’s (except during pregnancy and later in life when growth increases). The nails on the hand you write with grow faster. The longer the finger, the faster your nail grows. After an illness, your nail growth increases. Malnutrition, crash dieting or eating disorders can affect your nails.Your nail growth rate is affected by condition, hormone imbalance and aging. Nail disorders make up about 10 percent of all skin conditions.

 

The condition and color of your nails may indicate an underlying condition/illness, so it is important to remove nail polish and check your nails periodically, particularly before your annual checkup so your doctor can examine your nails for signs of anything. Color or shape changes, swelling of the skin around the nails, white lines, ridges or dents in the nail that don’t go away or nail pain are things that you may want to discuss with a physician. The nail plates are dead cells and contrary to the popular belief, they don’t breathe. So they don’t require oxygen. However, the nail beds and the cuticles are live cells and they do need oxygen, vitamins and minerals.

Nails don’t sweat. The nail bed does not have sweat glands, so it can’t perspire. It is the skin around the nails that gets sweaty. Nails grow at the rate of 0.1 mm daily (or 1 cm in every 100 days). So, for a finger nail to regrow completely, it takes between 4 and 6 months. For toe nails, the period of complete regrow is 12 to 18 months.

Men’s nails grow faster than women’s nails. Finger nails for both genders grow faster than toe nails.  Toe nails are about twice thicker than finger nails. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The slowest – on the thumbnail. When nails are freshly cut, they grow faster than nails that are not cut often. That is why it takes so much time to grow nails longer than an inch (breaking nails is excluded). Seasons and weather also affect nail growth. Nails grow faster in warm climates and during daytime, than in cold climates and at night. Nails grow faster on young people than on old people. Also nails grow much faster during pregnancy.  Nails grow at different speeds on both hands. If you are right-handed, the nails on your right hand will grow faster than the nails on your left hand and vice versa.  Light trauma, like typing on a computer stimulates nail growth. Well, this kind of trauma looks more like a massage actually. Nails reflect your health status. It is a myth that hair and nails will continue to grow for several days after death. This is an optical illusion and is due to the fact that the skin shrinks, thus making it look as if the hair and nails are growing.

Nails are very tough (compared to skin of course) but even they will be dissolved in about 4 days, if you put them in Coke because Coke is highly corrosive. Nail manicure is a very ancient activity. There is evidence that even 4,000 years ago it was known to our predecessors.  The longest finger nail ever recorded was that of an Indian guy and it was 48 inches long. If you don’t drink enough water, this is bad for your health anyway but you might have never expected that it leads to dry nails as well. A hang nail is painful because you have ripped open the edge of the living nail root.

 

 

Recommendations:
For mild support: 2 Tablets per day
For maximum support: 4-6 Tablets per day
Children under 10 yr. old: .5 to 1 Tablet per day

 

Note: Allow 60 days to determine if it helps normalize.
Or consult your health practitioner.
Can be taken with or without food, day or night

100 Veggie Tablets/Bottle