Comments on: Is Coconut Oil Good For Nails? http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/07/14/is-coconut-oil-good-for-nails/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:20:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Beauty Science Poll Answers: Know Your Nails | The Beauty Brains http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/07/14/is-coconut-oil-good-for-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-40742 Beauty Science Poll Answers: Know Your Nails | The Beauty Brains Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:03:07 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=6499#comment-40742 [...] All answers are taken from the article “Structural characteristics and permeability properties of the human nail” which appeared in the November/December 1999 issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Science.  (That’s the same article we cited in our post on Coconut oil and nails.) [...] [...] All answers are taken from the article “Structural characteristics and permeability properties of the human nail” which appeared in the November/December 1999 issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Science.  (That’s the same article we cited in our post on Coconut oil and nails.) [...]

]]> By: Kelly http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/07/14/is-coconut-oil-good-for-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-40508 Kelly Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:39:33 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=6499#comment-40508 This really surprised me. I always associated flexibility with weak nails. Nail strengthening treatments make my nails harder and less flexible and flimsy, does this mean they actually weaken nails? :S When I tried the coconut oil it seemed to help because it was making my nails LESS flexible and therefore (in my opinion) stronger. I stopped using it though, I am wearing nail polish again. This really surprised me. I always associated flexibility with weak nails. Nail strengthening treatments make my nails harder and less flexible and flimsy, does this mean they actually weaken nails? :S When I tried the coconut oil it seemed to help because it was making my nails LESS flexible and therefore (in my opinion) stronger. I stopped using it though, I am wearing nail polish again.

]]> By: Beauty Science Poll 43: Know Your Nails | The Beauty Brains http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/07/14/is-coconut-oil-good-for-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-40308 Beauty Science Poll 43: Know Your Nails | The Beauty Brains Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:02:49 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=6499#comment-40308 [...] time we have a theme: Know Your Nails. (I was inspired by the Right Brain’s post last week on coconut oil and nails.) Three of these statements about nail science are true; one is a clever forgery. Can you guess [...] [...] time we have a theme: Know Your Nails. (I was inspired by the Right Brain’s post last week on coconut oil and nails.) Three of these statements about nail science are true; one is a clever forgery. Can you guess [...]

]]> By: Robin http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/07/14/is-coconut-oil-good-for-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-40254 Robin Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:50:26 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=6499#comment-40254 I use coconut oil at times as a total body moisturizer. It smells so good and leaves my skin incredibly soft! I also love almond oil as a facial moisturizer. I use coconut oil at times as a total body moisturizer. It smells so good and leaves my skin incredibly soft! I also love almond oil as a facial moisturizer.

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/07/14/is-coconut-oil-good-for-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-40244 thebeautybrains Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:53:38 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=6499#comment-40244 You make good points about no other oils being tested. To make definitive conclusions about using oil on nails, lower chain length oils must be tried. However, I would disagree that the amount of anecdotal evidence makes it more compelling. Anecdotal evidence is never proof of anything. There are millions of people who believe in ghosts, UFOs, bigfoot, etc. but that doesn't add any credence to the validity of those topics. Hundreds of people on this blog have said that Pantene makes their hair fall out but those anecdotal stories provide no evidence whether to prove it's true or not (based on the best evidence available, it's not). Anecdotal evidence has it's place, but it is useless for determining whether something is true or not. You make good points about no other oils being tested. To make definitive conclusions about using oil on nails, lower chain length oils must be tried. However, I would disagree that the amount of anecdotal evidence makes it more compelling. Anecdotal evidence is never proof of anything. There are millions of people who believe in ghosts, UFOs, bigfoot, etc. but that doesn’t add any credence to the validity of those topics.

Hundreds of people on this blog have said that Pantene makes their hair fall out but those anecdotal stories provide no evidence whether to prove it’s true or not (based on the best evidence available, it’s not).

Anecdotal evidence has it’s place, but it is useless for determining whether something is true or not.

]]>