Look closely at your nails, and you will notice the subtle differences texture or color - all in one place they are pale in the other - pink, somewhere they are completely smooth, and in some places on the surface appear uneven. These drawbacks may seem insignificant, but they are more important than you think. Trained eyes on only one appearance of nails can tell a lot about a person's health.
Healthy nails
To remain healthy nails and beautiful, follow these simple tips:
- Make sure that the feet are always clean and dry (pollution, as prolonged exposure to moisture can lead to bacterial growth).
- Not biting his nails; consult a doctor if you can not deal with this problem on their own.
- Every day put on nails and cuticle moisturizer. Creams with urea, phospholipids, or lactic acid not only moisturize, but also strengthen the nails, making them less brittle.
- File nails from edge to the center, not from side to side.
- Do not remove the cuticles or clean too deeply under your nails - it can lead to infection.
- Do not remove ingrown toenails yourself. If necessary, consult a dermatologist.
- Do not use nail polish remover that contains acetone or formaldehyde.
- If you have artificial nails
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Regularly check if there are any of these on your nails green hue (a sign of bacterial infection).
- Eat balanced, and take vitamins containing biotin. Eat as much food rich in calcium - a mineral that is essential for healthy nails.
What you can tell your nails
Very pale nails with high probability indicating liver disease, such as hepatitis
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; moreover, it can be a sign of anemia. If nails yellowish sealed and unusually slow growing, it could be a sign of lung disease such as emphysema. Yellowish nails with a bluish tinge at the base can be a symptom of diabetes. Dark pink, or even red nail bed is an indicator of heart disease.
The uneven surface of the nail can be a sign of psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis. Red lines at the base of the nail may affect lupus or connective tissue disease; Dark lines beneath the nail - melanoma.
Since normal nails are changing very rare, the likelihood that significant changes are a sign of the disease is very high. In most cases, however, the appearance of the nails is not the only symptom of the disease, so you should listen to your body before you call a doctor. So, do not just refer to a cardiologist if your nails are red. This could occur, for example, because of the frequent use of nail polish. If the redness of the nail bed is accompanied by other troubling symptoms, it is recommended as soon as possible to pass inspection.
Previously healthy nails suddenly changed color and texture, and any other symptoms, please contact your dermatologist. The reason for these changes may be a fungal infection that is difficult to treat and often requires long-term use of prescription antifungal drugs.
When inflammation and pain in the nail bed, contact your doctor immediately - it may indicate a more serious illness.
Remember that healthy nails are a reflection of a healthy body as a whole. If the body that something is wrong, even the best cosmetics will not make your nails look healthy.
We determine the health of the body of nails
Above all, remember that a lot of problems with the seasonal appearance should be solved in a complex, combined with support for the entire body. That means a balanced diet, intake of multivitamins course, restful sleep
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and avoiding stress (if this is not possible, then at least a sincere desire to avoid stress and reduce their harmful effects). In addition, the off-season you have to be special care of your body and make the most of his spare. For example, less use household chemicals to preserve the beauty of your hands and nails.
Careless attitude to their own nails can lead to various problems - from aesthetic issues to serious diseases. The fact is that the nails have a rather complex structure, as many of us do not suspect. The top layer is formed nail keratin and calcium, medium - soft keratin, and the lower (inner layer), the so-called keratin of the nail bed.
Improper care and the lack of essential nutrients leads to detachment of the three layers. Too intensive care without considering the delicate features of the structure may also have the most dire consequences, which can not be concealed even under a thick layer of varnish.
However, damage to the nail can not wear seasonal - if you did not care about their own hands. In the spring we have to solve a number of problems with the appearance, and we must be prepared for this. We have already talked about one of them - the detachment of the nail plate. Typically, this is caused by a lack of connecting material between the three layers of the nail.
To deal with this deficiency should be different methods. First of all, you need to eat properly, carefully using household chemicals (do not use nail polish remover containing acetone).
There is also a special cosmetics designed specifically to treat this annoying defect.
Pay attention to the basics of a lacquer with keratin and calcium, as well as nourishing creams for the nails.
Another common defect nails - softening the nail plate - may appear on the background of the spring beriberi. In general, these problems are hereditary and occur periodically throughout life. Realizing this problem (it is enough to look at the hands of parents, and not necessarily in the hands of the mother), you need to care for your hands carefully. In the potentially dangerous times when the body is weakened, the danger increases. In particular, do not expose your hands to long influence of alkaline preparations and even plain water.
How to make nails attractive
To improve the appearance of nails, apply to them the so-called diamond base under enamel, which strengthens nails. We also recommend to use various keratin vitamin complexes and simulate the nail plate using special gels.
With nails linked another common problem, no doubt, familiar to everyone - hangnails. Their appearance is caused by dry skin around the nails. Timely care, constant hydration and proper nutrition of the skin can easily eliminate this defect.
The appearance of the nail plate unattractive horizontal grooves speaks about health problems. For example, they may indicate a poor diet, metabolic disorder, disturbances of the digestive system, diseases of the blood system. So before you go to the manicurist, see your doctor. A temporary solution that can improve the appearance of the nail will be using a special correction gel, smoothing the surface of the nail plate.
Secrets of healthy nails
If you feel that the spring nails in need of strengthening and restoration, follow a few simple procedures. First of all, treat the cuticle softening agent, align the edges of nails nail file, remove the burrs. Then you need to clean the nail plate from fat.
To do this, use special sticks (sticks) (incidentally, manicure equipment is better to buy in special salons for professionals - so you can be assured of quality tools, nails and protect against catastrophic consequences). Also, you can adjust the shape of the nails using a universal nail files. Customers elite salons offer the procedure of cleansing the nail plate from the inside.
To strengthen nails on them a thin layer of a special keratin base. This framework can also have a therapeutic effect, but more often it only improves the appearance of the nails. For smoothing and leveling the surface of the nail plate is applied to the nails, colorless gel or cream, nail polish and then the same universal nail file.
After that, the nails are applied tonic that also hides some notable disadvantages - grooves and white specks. Depending on your future plans, this tool can be matt or shiny.
At the end of the replacement procedure, the skin around the nails applied a moisturizing or nourishing cream that improves skin elasticity, and at the time of eliminating the burrs. Experts recommend include such preparations leaf extract Ginkgo biloba. It is a plant that grows in South-East Asia, it has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine
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. It has powerful soothing, anti-aging, anti-oxidant properties.
Finally. It is believed that the nails adult per week on average, grow at 0, 5-1, 2 mm, therefore, to strengthen and sustain these procedures should enter you in the habit.
