Hangnails, bubble and then cut 
 
 
The fourth affiliated hospital of Harbin medical university of doctor of vice director of dermatology Yong-chun wang 
 
 
Source: life times 

    Winter climate is dry, the skin of fingers corneous layer easily weather-shack, annoying "hangnails" had emerged. Agnail processing has many exquisite, if not when method, wound infection easily.
 
    Nails agnail, named "agnail, corneous layer is too dry and produce the result of separation. Corneous layer is the skin on the surface of a thin layer of dead skin, its surface with a layer of leather fat, is the skin's natural moisturizing factor, can reduce evaporation of cuticle, make the skin under the stratum corneum and fit closely together. If the skin is dry, or often washing hands with soap, detergent, etc, to remove the skin surface the sebum, easy to lose protect cuticle, drying and stripping.
 
    Agnail pain is a touch and aesthetically, let a person involuntarily want to tear it. But "fingers judges", finger nerve is rich, if to tear, will not only sudden stabbing pain, cause the agnail the tear, the greater the more tear more deep, and cause wound expand, bleeding, infection, even paronychia.
 
    Accurate processing method should be the first 5 minutes with about 40 ℃ warm water to soak hands, make the nails and the surrounding skin becomes soft, again with a sharp and clean nail clipper from root agnail neatly cut off. Must not without bubble hand cut directly, because the dry skin agnail may form when cut off small tear, resulting in more agnail.
 
    To avoid infection, should use alcohol to nail disinfection, best daub after processing of a hand cream, reoccupy contains vitamin E to protect skin to taste about massage nails, reduce hangnails. If frequent hangnails, and not easy to heal, then may be associated with a lack of vitamin and trace elements, advice to eat more green vegetables.
 
 
 
 
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