Taking care of your fingernails, achieving strong beautiful nails, isn’t as difficult or problematic as you may think. It does take intention however.
You have to be intentional about the care you take of your hands and nails to achieve the results you are looking for.
Nail care tip manicure #1 your nails are growing, even if they don’t appear to be growing. Nails grow about 1/8 of an inch each month.
However, they may be breaking, chipping or peeling before you see results. The best way to get healthy and strong nails is to follow a good healthy nail program.
Nail care tip manicure #2 the way that your nail grows is the way that it will grow until you die. The nail matrix or the brain of the growing nail was born in a certain way you can shape them as best you can but no one has perfectly shaped nails. And everyone has one hand of nails that shapes better than the other!
Nail care tip manicure #3 ridges in your nails are often a sign of poor nutrition, a medical problem or trauma. Once you notice the ridges evaluate why those ridges are appearing so you can alleviate the problem from the original source. Now you can gently buff the nails so the ridges appear less noticeable until they grow out.
Nail care tip manicure #4 nails can appear broken or ridged from trauma. And when that trauma happens to the matrix of the nail or where the growth of the nail appears – the changes may be permanent.
Nail care tip manicure #5 your nails will often tell a tale of your health, just as your skin and hair do. Are the nails strong and healthy or are their ridges, areas of discoloration or unusual shape or color? The condition of your nails may offer some clue to your general health.
Nail care tip manicure #6 using nail strengtheners may actually make the nail more prone to breaks because they become more brittle and less flexible. It is more important to keep the nail flexible so it doesn’t break when the bend.
Nail care tip manicure #7- use nail polish remover the least amount possible, especially those with acetone. They are drying to the nail.
Nail care tip manicure #8 don’t use a sharp instrument or your nails to peel off nail polish. This can damage the protective layer of cells over the top of the nail.
Nail care tip manicure #9 get polish to the cuticle without covering it by starting the polish 1/8 of an inch before the cuticle and pushing back to the cuticle. If this is too much work, especially with your non-dominant hand, you can polish over the cuticle about an hour before bedtime. Then in the shower the next morning the polish will soften and can be rubbed off easily.
Nail care tip manicure #10 Soak your hands once weekly in some warm water to soften the cuticle and then gently push them back or rub gently with a wash cloth. Now follow up with a moisturizer to protect the hands and cuticles.
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Use Nail-Rx to treat fungal infections of the nail; to treat flakiness and discoloration of the nail; to encourage healing and healthy nail growth; to prevent recurrence of nail infections and to treat pain, discomfort and redness around the nail. Formulated by a clinical psychologist, Nail-Rx is pharmaceutically manufactured to the highest standards.
