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Chalky and weak toenails and fingernails
Hi Ladies, My toenails are chalky and white and crumble when trimming. Fingernails are soft and weak. It started about 6 weeks ago. Great toe is also painful. I thought it was due to resuming wo...
Taxol made a mess of my toenails. My fingernail damage was hardly noticeable but my toenails discoloured, split, expanded, went chalky, everything except drop off! It can take some considerable time to improve. I would have expected to see some deterioration while you were still on chemo but, as others have said, side effects may start afterwards, just to annoy. Always wise to talk with your oncologist. It may be a combination of things. Essentially if it's chemo related, it more or less has to grow out, which can be slow. Mine started to improve slowly a few months after Taxol was finished, Herceptin didn't seem to have any impact. Good luck.