Nail maintenance knowledge

The fourth affiliated hospital of Harbin medical university, director of dermatology Wang Xiaoxia

Source: health

        Nails can't cut it too short

        Fingernails long easy to shelter evil people and practices, the breeding ground for bacteria. As a result, many people are used to cut the nails short. Little imagine, such not only can not protect the fingers, will be counterproductive.

        Nails too short, in the course of work or do housework is easy to make the nail bed were injured. Fingers covered in soft tissue without nails, nail tips will grow into, the serious will induce paronychia, is susceptible to fungal invasion.

        Cut the middle first, then take on both sides

        As a result, your nails should be the proper way to cut the middle first, then take on both sides, so easy to control the length of the clip, avoid to cut the corner too deep. Otherwise, grow new nails easily embedded in soft tissue, become ingrown nail, nail damage the surrounding skin, causing pyogenic infection, subcutaneous tissue and cause inflammation. Your nails should be flat when the shear, not to shoehorn nail clippers nails. Pulling out cut in. If the nails have sharp corners, should take these circle Angle. Also, timely processing meat, on the edge of nails, can not directly use hand pulling, so as to avoid injury and surrounding skin tissue, carefully use nail clippers thorn JiGen cut the meat.

        How long nails cut right at a time

        Human fingernails grow at the rate of 0.7 mm per week on average, suggest cut once a week is good; Toenails growth is relatively slow, can cut 1 ~ 2 times a month. Manicure nail is the suitable length of the top and flush refers to top or slightly longer, to set aside a small article white lace. Your nails at the same time, still can do some simple massage, hands and fingers to help promote blood circulation, finger nails supply enough nutrients. Can also choose some armor oil, keep nails light, tough. In addition, still should wash their hands, cut short nails alone cannot fundamentally ensure personal hygiene.

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