hair and nails are recovering from propranolol. one of my ring fingernails was peaked at almost 45 degrees along the length of the nail, all sorts of splintering and clubbing and weird shit going on. i used to be one of those long nails people who just grew them naturally so this was a HUGE indicator of something being really really wrong. the buckling, peaking and folding in the nailbeds seems to be REALLY straightened out, and my hair has a line of demarcation about 2-3inches away from my scalp where follicles clearly woke back up about half a year ago, so the tmeline adds up. i believe the dermatitis on the hands is going to be the hardest one to fix, but it's better i thnk.
IF YOU ARE ON BETA BLOCKERS: pay attention to your hair, skin and nails. beta blockers can cause telogen effluvium due to a weird way the molecules shrink and expand while metabolizing into your tissues, it causes balding, eczema, psoriasis, rashes, itchiness, nail breakage and dformation, and on and on. this usually happens months or years after you started the beta blockers, it is not easy to spot! it builds up slowly over time. continue takng your beta blockers if they are helping you! IF you notice hair loss or skin problems, it might be the beta blockers though! just be aware they have the potential to cause those problems. not everyone gets those problems! if you get balding or skin problems on beta blockers, the problems will reverse once you go off beta blockers (wean slowly, do not ever cold turkey a beta blocker). doctors know about this, its been in the literature forever, they just dont consider it very important.
