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Hi @nande
I've been on hydrea 500/day 7 days since August 2025. Keeping the platlets between 340 to 415. But my biggest side effect - the nails also. Thinning, lifting a bit and splitting or peeling near ends. Otherwise knock wood that's mostly what I've noticed effectwise so far. I'm 66 - but since the nail thing just kind of came on this fall I attribute the hydrea since they weren't like this before.

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@gohde13
I have had ET since 2002 and on Hydrea for 11 years. My nails also were getting worse and worse. I have found Vital Proteins Professional Bioactive Collagen Complex a game changer, it is a powder that you mix with water and drink. I also like to use a nail strengthener called Londontown The Concealer Collection KUR Perfecting nail vail.