Menopause is Changing Your Nails - #158

Did your nails get thinner, more brittle, and ridged after menopause, or after one too many gel manicures? You’re not imagining it. Nails are hormonally active tissue, and when estrogen drops, they change. Jill sits down with Dr. Dana Stern, one of the only board-certified dermatologists in the country who devotes her entire practice to the nail, for the clinical truth about what your nails are telling you and how to help them recover.

In this episode:

  • How estrogen affects your nails, and why menopause brings ridges, splitting, brittleness, and slower growth

  • Whether hormone therapy improves nail health

  • Warning signs you shouldn’t ignore, including a dark streak in the nail that can signal melanoma, plus nail fungus, nail psoriasis, and infections

  • The honest salon guide: regular polish, gel, acrylic, dip powder, and Russian and Japanese manicures

  • What gel and UV curing really do to your nails, and the ingredients behind rising allergy cases, including eyelid rashes

  • Why traditional nail hardeners can make brittle nails worse

  • Cut or push? The truth about cuticles

  • Acetone vs. acetone-free polish remover

  • A step-by-step recovery plan for nails damaged by gel: strengtheners, cuticle oil, nutrition and how long regrowth really takes

About Dr. Dana Stern:
Dr. Dana Stern is a New York City board-certified dermatologist with more than 20 years devoted to diagnosing, treating and operating on the nail. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she teaches dermatology residents nail surgery, and the founder of the Dr. Dana nail care line. Vogue has called her “the go-to dermatologist for nail disorders and cosmetic conditions relating to nail disease.”

Find Dr. Stern:

Website: https://www.drdanastern.com/

 

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