Your nails know things about your body before you do.
ridges, brittleness, slow growth, constant peeling at the tips — these aren't random. nails are made of keratin, and keratin production depends on biotin. when the supply chain breaks down, nails are often the first place it shows.
it's kind of poetic, actually. your body finds little visible ways to wave a flag. if you know what to look for, it tells you what it needs.
i used to have nails that would snap the moment they reached any length at all. i assumed it was genetic. (my mum has the same issue.) turns out we were both just running low on the same thing.
four weeks in, something shifted. they started growing past the tips of my fingers for the first time in years. which sounds small. but honestly felt like a conversation with my own body where i finally listened.
