Peeled Fingernails, any tips?

I’ve recently had a whole bunch of fingernails peel back on the end.  Not a new thing, but it’s very irritating and kind of wrecks my climbing until they heal up.  Does anyone else find this frustrating and have solutions?  Ways to avoid?  Way’s to heal faster?  

Do you wear gloves at work?  I found the rubber coated ones can cause peeling but not any issues with my fingernails.  For me I get splits at the first joint index finger especially in the winter.  Fireplace at the house drys everything up and lotion is required constantly.  Have had great luck with Rhino repair cream and split cream.  Maybe worth a shot?

chow down on a bunch of zinc tablets and slam some protein powder+collagen. 

JChepes wrote:

Do you wear gloves at work?  I found the rubber coated ones can cause peeling but not any issues with my fingernails.  For me I get splits at the first joint index finger especially in the winter.  Fireplace at the house drys everything up and lotion is required constantly.  Have had great luck with Rhino repair cream and split cream.  Maybe worth a shot?

I do wear gloves at work and have had peeling skin.  That’s more gross than anything.  In general my skin is pretty good though.  Almost too good, actually.  My tips are a bit hard and glassy.  I’m not sure if it’s related but I do dry-fire a fair bit.  Open to thoughts on avoiding dry-fires.  
I’ll look ito the Rhino products. I’m not much of a creams and ointments person, but whatever works.

I’ll look into Zinc as well.  Already been hitting the protein and collagen pretty consistently for several years.

Good suggestions.  Keep’em coming!

I have a similar problem, but it only happens on climbing trips outside (not from the gym).  My nails rip back at the tip of my fingers after a day or two and then get incredibly sore and painful (and bleed). What works best for me is to make sure they are cut short before I leave for the trip, and then I wash them really well at the end of each day and get all the chalk and crud out that might have collected there.  Then I apply some Joshua Tree brand salve to the tips for the night.  That helps a lot, but on longer trips when I know its going to be super dry and I will be climbing a ton, I apply a thin application of super glue right to the edge of my nail bed.  I think it helps prevent any debris from getting in there and offers a bit of protection.  Needs to be reapplied every morning, but it works.

Super glue trick works for when it does start to peel away too, shoot some under there and squeeze it back down. Makes it feel a whole lot better and seems to heal faster

Caleb wrote:

 My tips are a bit hard and glassy.  I’m not sure if it’s related but I do dry-fire a fair bit.  Open to thoughts on avoiding dry-fires.  
I’ll look ito the Rhino products. I’m not much of a creams and ointments person, but whatever works.

You might want to try the Rhino Skins spit. My wife has dry skin and finds it helps a lot to prevent dry fires.