Only if they are water soluble fractions. Best Regards, Brooks.
----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Norton <stephen.nor...@ngc.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 20:40:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: EXTERNAL:CS>Personal-Care Suggestion Would the DMSO/urea combination also help transport antifungals through the nails? Thanks for the info. - Steve N ----- Original Message ----- From: brooks76...@lycos.com <brooks76...@lycos.com> To: Silver-list@eskimo.com <Silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thu Aug 05 19:16:28 2010 Subject: EXTERNAL:CS>Personal-Care Suggestion Having to address a number of recurring inquiries relating to difficulties/inconveniences/frustrations relating to brittle/splitting finger nails, imposed over recent years....prompted one of us to evaluate for a simple methodology that would offer some acceptable solution. Early-on it was determined that....contrary to common belief.....special additions of gelatin/collagen to the existing diet do not---of themselves--- solve the problem. One can obtain just as effective a result through eating a piece of chicken----as by consuming gelatin concentrates. (This troubled me, especially since I had been operating under the misconception [principally based on the very high protein percentage of gelatin/collagen fractions] that chitin-based cell structures would respond most favorably to gelatin supplements.) The truth of the matter seems to be that the principal causes of nail brittleness/splitting is the dehydration effect....especially as we age. Without boring you with ancillary details, I simply state that we confirmed that nails dehydrate just as does the skin (they are both constructed of the same type material). Additionally, we determined that using skin conditioning substances containing urea were the most effective protocol for addressing the dehydration insult. Products such as Eucerin (not recommending as a specific purchase)contain acceptable levels of urea. We found a little modification to that recommendated by the various skin care companies....increased the effectiveness of their re-hydration procedures-----by almost an order of magnitude....in time. It was, simply, just through mixing the gel or liquid moisturizing agent (containing urea) at a concentration of 70% (by volume) with DMSO (full strength) 30% (by volume). The overall suppleness improvement of the nails was quite dramatic....manifesting within (sometimes) hours. However, do remember that fingernails, generally, grow at about about 2 or 3 mm per month. Therefore, complete correction via regrowth requires a one-to-one relationship between the crack length and the time for regrowth. We determined that daily application was the preferred interval. However, once every 2 days proved acceptable...especially if the subject used gloves when washing dishes and did not display a fetish for over-frequent hand-washing. Additionally, the improved tissue flexibility around the nail-bed was dramatic (in some cases). While not of great health import, I did feel this simple procedure recommended itself sufficiently to be posted for membership reading. Sincerely, Brooks Bradley. p.s. No wisecracks accusing me of being a cosmetics hustler. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>