My nails drive me nuts still. They break off so bad. I try and keep them polished in hopes they will grow more or not break anyway. It doesn't work. The polish doesn't stay on to protect them anyway. They still break in the middle and I am constantly using clippers on them to even them out.

As far as my hair. I seem to lose a lot when I wash and comb it. It still curls underneath. I used a straightener on it not long after I started this thread and it didn't keep the underneath straight.

I go through times where it feels lifeless and feeling like straw too. I believe it's when I am having my worst days in pain and everything else that goes with the RSD. What I do is sleep with conditioner on it. I'll put a shower cap on it so as not to get it on the pillow. That helps. It doesn't grow fast either. It use to but since RSD it doesn't. I haven't had it cut in about 8 years. A normal person it would be twice as long as mine, I have seen that from comparing to others.

Just some of the perks of RSD that never seem to go away.

Ada