I lost all my toenails and some of my fingernails during chemo. I ended up soaking them once or twice a week with warm water and detail, then dried thoroughly. One toenail was very bad whilst nail lifting so I did dab detox on it more often. Managed to avoid infection but they did need cutting back. My last chemo was 6 weeks ago ( taxcel) and they’re only now starting to regrow. Fingernails still very brittle and split easily .
in hindsight I wish I had tried painting nails with a black nail polish to see if it would deflect light and save reaction with chemo drugs and maybe save nails .
