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    Default Dancing destroys my toenails!

    Okay, I know that sounds funny but seriously. Whenever I finish my shift and get back to the dressing room to pull off my shoes, my big toenails are often cracked, broken in half, or at the very least, the paint is chipped all off. I don't understand how this happens. It doesn't seem to happen to the other dancers. I've had to get acrylic toenails to fix them! I'm not sure if it's because I'm crawling around on the floor and the nails are hitting the floor hard or what. I know that I do have very weak fingernails that break easily but I never thought I'd have to deal with weak toenails! Does this happen to anyone else? How do you prevent it? I can't even feel that I'm banging my toes around that much so I'm pretty bewildered.


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    Me too! The outermost layer of the toenails on my big toes keeps cracking in half! It doesn't hurt because the layer now-exposed is thick enough, and thank goodness the club's dark enough that you can't see it unless you're looking for it...but wtf??

    And thank God I never feel it when it happens.

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    What type of shoes do ya'll wear?

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    And I thought it was just me! Both of my big toenails are effed up. I don't get it.

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    I wear completely open-toed shoes.

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    I wear just your regular old clear plastic, open-toed 7-inchers.


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    My toenails are pretty fucked up too. I have the same shoes as you except that yours have ankle straps. I think its a combination of the clear plastic pushing against your toes and crawling and doing floorwork.

    My fingernails get messed up too. They get banged up by the pole and get torn off short. Its gross.

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    My big toes are screwed up..and I constantly get ingrown toenails from the shoes. My little toes are also permanently squished looking from being squeezed into the shoes. Sucks.

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    my toes look like crap from dancing although i never get them professionally done...i heard wearing boots will save you from the wear and tear from the stage.

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    This product has made my nails as hard as a rock. It's going to be slower for you since you'll still be bumping and hitting them while on stage, but at least they'll get stronger. Also, I'd advise no toenail polish while you're trying to strengthen your toenails. Go for a buff instead. If you have to paint them, a lighter color is better and one without a lot of glitter stuff in it.



    For my nails (hands), I do three coats of Qtica on the first day, and 1 coat a day for the next six days. Then, after one week, remove, start again.

    For toenails, I get a buff and then use Qtica once a day. But since you're bad, try the same thing -- 3 coats, then 1 coat a day, then remove and start over, once a week.

    Don't get discouraged if you see the nails peel (particularly on the hands). Keep using the product. That's normal. The main thing is to make the nails strong so they can handle being bumped better.

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    I keep mine really short. If the big toe nail gets long at all it'll get banged up. I also try to be conscientious of how I move, esp. during floorwork.
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    I have to tell the pedicurist to keep them shorter than my actual toe, or the polish and nail will crack, from crawling and being on knees.

    Solved the problem!!

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    i used to have that problem. it all started when i tried buffing my toenails. and it lasted for years. every couple months a bit toenail, usually the left, would break.

    use apple cider vinegar to combat any fungus that might be down there. moisturize...try put vaseline on then sleep in socks. keep them short, really short while you're growing out the damage, then maybe a little longer, but always shorter than the toe.

    and don't use acrylics unless you're willing to wear them forever. they damage nails terribly.

    i've worked with plenty of girls who had gross feet and seemed to do just fine. and i mean gross. i wouldn't worry about it too much.

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    I have Creepynail (tm) on two toes on one foot. I guess they chipped and creepyness got in. Nothing seems to get rid of it.

    I was using Nail Envy on my (hand) nails, but not the toes- the big toe seems to break the most.

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    My problem I think it that I have long nail beds on my hands and feet so even when I trim my toenails down as far as I can, they're still long.

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    Default Re: Dancing destroys my toenails!

    mine are terrible too, they split down the middle (owch) i just got a pedicure and she had to cut them way down

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    Yes Crawling on stage can do it......that's why I TRY not to crawl. Sometimes I just can't help myself and the floor just calls to me,

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    Hmmm nothing is wrong with my toenails .I don't get it.and I crawl on stage and everything .

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoseLeigh View Post
    I have Creepynail (tm) on two toes on one foot. I guess they chipped and creepyness got in...
    You make it sound like your toes are haunted! lol



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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirona View Post
    You make it sound like your toes are haunted! lol
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    Less circulation dries out the skin and nails making them brittle and sometimes yellowish. Yes darlings, it's a nasty combination of our lovely shoes and banging, scraping etc our precious tootsies on the floor.
    Now if you'll excuse me I have to squeeze my bruised feet into said instruments of torture and crawl around a dirty stage with my poor toes exposed, I think it's time to invest in boots, where I can have my feet squished all night in new and exciting ways.
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    No really, I do, and the shoes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by beauty21queen View Post
    Hmmm nothing is wrong with my toenails .I don't get it.and I crawl on stage and everything .
    Do you wear boots? I think most of us have the scariest feet ever if we don't try very hard! Maybe you have very flexible nails that don't crack too much?

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    My toenail polish always chips off when I'm at a stage club. I think it's the crawling on the floor or something. I only wear muted colors now so it's not so obvious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RoseLeigh View Post
    Do you wear boots? I think most of us have the scariest feet ever if we don't try very hard! Maybe you have very flexible nails that don't crack too much?
    Nope, Ive never worn boots .I wear 7 inch open toed shoes .I dance really slow maybe that has something to do with it? *shrugs*

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