We make baths with salt for nails

Beautiful and strong nails - is an indicator not only of health and proper lifestyle, but also competent care for them. And it is not necessary for this to use expensive means or to visit beauty salons. There are very simple ways to repair nail plates. For example, therapeutic baths with salt.

Baths with salt prevent exfoliation, fragility and brittleness of the nails, contribute to the growth and strengthening of the horn plates. Since salt has a strong antiseptic effect, it prevents the appearance of fungus. (onychomycosis). It’s not for nothing that the salt solution has been used for centuries as a preservative for food products. It creates unfavorable conditions for the reproduction of pathogenic microbes.

But often take salt baths can not. As a preventive measure, they can be periodically used at weekly intervals. If the procedures are carried out for medicinal purposes, they must be performed within 10 days, then take a break of 1 month and repeat everything.

There is a certain algorithm of how to take baths.

• First you need to remove the varnish from the nail plate.
• Wash hands with soap.
• Prepare the solution. To do this, pour warm water (36-42 ° C) into a convenient container. Add salt and other necessary ingredients to it, according to the recipe.
• Immerse the fingertips in the solution. The time depends on the purpose of the event and varies from 10 to 30 minutes. If the procedure is performed for the purpose of treatment, then such manipulations should be repeated every day until the symptoms of the disease have passed. This usually occurs within 1 month.
• In order for the active substances of the useful solution to quickly penetrate the living tissue, fingers should be massaged.
• After the bath, hands should be dried with a towel and put on them a rich cream, mask or olive oil. If the nails are affected by a fungus, then after the procedure they must be treated with an antifungal drug.
• In conclusion, it is advisable to wear thin cotton gloves. They will improve the penetration of nutrients into the nail plate.

The advantages of such procedures include:

• simplicity in the manufacture of the composition;
• reasonable price of ingredients;
• natural composition;
• effectiveness in the fight against fungal diseases.

But the main advantage of these baths is that they can be done at home.

However, there are disadvantages:

• the duration of the process;
• regularity of events;
• the inability to carry out the procedure in the presence of wounds and skin rashes.

In all variants of the preparation of therapeutic solutions is recommended to use sea salt. But if necessary, it can be replaced by a simple cook. And although it contains fewer useful minerals, it brings quite tangible benefits to the nails. The main thing is that the product does not contain artificial additives and dyes.

In a glass of warm water, you must dissolve sea or table salt (1 tablespoon) and add 5% tincture of iodine (3-4 drops). Keep nails in this solution should be 10-15 minutes. The combination of salt and iodine gives a great result. Nails become stronger and gain healthy shine.

In one glass of warm water you need to dissolve sea salt (1 teaspoon), lemon juice (2 tablespoons) and iodine (3 drops).Take a bath should be 10 minutes. This solution nourishes and strengthens the nails.

In water heated to 40 ° C, you must add salt (2 tablespoons) and soda (2 tablespoons). The resulting solution is useful for strengthening the nail plates and the prevention of fungal diseases. The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes.

Olive or vegetable oil should be heated on a steam bath to 38 ° C. Add salt there and stir until dissolved.

Keep your hands in such a bath should be 20 minutes. Then put on cotton gloves, and after 3 hours wash off the remnants of the balsam with warm water. Nails after such a procedure acquire a healthy glossy shine.

This recipe is very popular in the treatment of fungus. Sea or table salt should be mixed with grated tar soap in equal parts and diluted with water. The resulting mixture should be applied to the nails and keep as long as possible. The usual course of treatment is 5-7 sessions.

Dry crushed celandine (2 tablespoons) should be filled with boiling water and infused for 1 hour. Then strain the broth, cool and add salt (2 tbsp.) And iodine tincture (3-4 drops). Take this bath takes 10-15 minutes.

In half a glass of warm water, dissolve sea salt or table salt (2 teaspoons), then add half a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and a few drops of iodine. The duration of the procedure is 10-15 minutes. Such a composition enriched with vitamin C strengthens the nail plates well and fights their stratification.

In half a glass of warm milk you need to dissolve the salt (2 tsp.) And honey (3 tbsp.). Keep your fingertips in this mass should be 20 minutes. You can repeat the procedure 2-3 times a week for several months.

To prepare it, mix sea salt (2 tablespoons) with crushed aspirin (2 tablets). Then add olive or sunflower oil (1 tbsp. L.). The composition can be enriched with vitamin A (5 drops). Then mix everything and apply on the cuticles and nail plates.

In any composition as desired, you can add a few drops of aromatic oils. For example, oil of patchouli, lemon, cedar, bergamot, sandalwood, ylang-ylang, pine, orange, etc. They will saturate nails and skin with active substances and vitamins.

The best recipes for baths for nails are presented in the video below.