How to care for toenails at home?

Beautiful and neat toenails are a sign of health and grooming. Their appearance is especially relevant when wearing open shoes, visiting beaches, swimming pools, gyms.

To put the toenails at home in order, it takes not so much time and effort. To do this, you must prepare the necessary tools.

• Scissors With their help, shorten the size of the nail. The tool has a slight tilt to the side, which allows you to form a rounded shape.
• Nippers With the help of this tool, the recovered surpluses are also removed. This is done more carefully. To get the shape of the nail plate in the form of a square, it is best to choose nippers. When using this tool in the first place remove excess nail on the sides, and then in the center.
• File This tool allows you to remove sharp corners, even the surface, to form the desired shape. It can be used both before the use of scissors, pliers, and after them.
• Knipser. This tool is considered the safest. It is also used for nail clipping.

After everything is ready, proceed to the processing of nails. First, you need to carry out hygiene, thoroughly wash the nails. In order for the nail plate to become softer, they can be placed in the bath with warm water for 5-8 minutes.

After that, the nail plate is dried and proceed to treatment. Depending on the size of the nail, it is cut, bite off or cut. It is important to follow the rules of using tools. Violation of the processing technique can lead to cuts, delamination and the appearance of burrs. It is also important to follow the rules of hygiene.

For cutting nails for safety, it is preferable to use clippers. Unlike scissors, they do not spoil the nail plate, do not cause delamination. When choosing nippers need to be guided by the thickness of the nail plate. It is necessary to cut in the forward direction.

After trimming the nail, a nail file is used to further work the edges. If a cut appears, the injury site must be treated with an antibacterial agent. All procedures must be carried out in good light. It is also important to choose a comfortable position so that nothing gets in the way.

Scrubbed, dry, brittle nails need more thorough care. To strengthen them, you can make baths with different solutions.

• From sea salt. To prepare the solution is very simple. It is enough to put a large spoonful of salt in 200 ml of warm water and stir thoroughly. The duration of the procedure is no more than 7-8 minutes.
• From ordinary salt and olive oil. To prepare the bath, it is necessary to slightly warm 100 ml of oil, using a water bath. Then add a small spoonful of salt. The duration of the procedure is no more than 5 minutes.
• From the decoction of chamomile. To prepare the bath, you need to pour a large spoon of chamomile herb with boiling water. The decoction should be infused for 35-45 minutes.The duration of the procedure is 10-12 minutes. After the procedure, the nails are wiped dry. They can be processed with any nourishing cream.

Trimming, filing is carried out with the greatest care so as not to cause even greater harm to the weakened plates.

Observance of daily hygiene of the nails of the legs is the key to their health. Dirty nails look not only sloppy, they are also the source of the spread of germs. Neglect of hygienic procedures leads to the appearance of diseases, inflammatory processes, discoloration. Sometimes, to eliminate undesirable consequences, it is necessary to spend a lot of effort.

It is not enough to rinse the nail, it is necessary to clean the dirt from all parts of the nail plate. Carefully clean marigolds using a special spatula. Most often it is made of wood. This makes the tool convenient, safe for daily use.

Ugly color of the nail plate, yellowness spoil the whole effect of the pedicure. Covering the surface with varnish may temporarily mask the defect, but this is not a solution.

In order to quickly and permanently get rid of an unpleasant symptom, it is important to find out its cause. For this you need to visit a doctor. After all, the reason for the color change can be:

• improper or irregular care;
• fungal disease;
• failure in the hormonal system;
• the presence of diabetes;
• coffee abuse;
• diseases of the liver, kidneys, heart;
• avitaminosis;
• long stay in the sun.

Having correctly identified the source of the trouble and eliminating it, you can begin to combat external manifestations. In order to whiten nails at home, without resorting to the services of professionals, you can use simple, but quite effective ways.

• Toothpaste with the effect of bleaching or tooth powder. For the procedure you will need a soft bristled toothbrush. A small amount of the substance is placed on the surface of the nail, massaged in a circular motion for 5-8 minutes. It is important to ensure that the movement does not slide on the surface of the skin. After the procedure, the paste is washed off. Treatment can be repeated no more than once a week.
• Lemon juice. The easiest way to whiten the surface is to dip the tips of the toes in the flesh of the citrus fruit. The duration of this bath is not more than 9 minutes. Treatment is carried out no more than once a week. You can also squeeze lemon juice, then infuse it for an hour. Next, the massage is carried out by treating each marigold. Massaging lasts no longer than a minute. Such treatment can be carried out no more than twice a week.

• Strawberry. Strawberry mix also effectively fights color change. In the cooked gruel put fingertips. The duration of the bath is 30 minutes. This procedure can be performed every day.
• Soda with lemon. It is necessary to prepare a mixture of lemon juice and soda. The gruel should be homogeneous in consistency. The composition is applied to damaged areas, covered with foil on top, hold for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water. This treatment can be used no more than once a week.

• A mixture of parsley with honey and cucumber. For the preparation of therapeutic mixture will need a bunch of parsley, a small cucumber, a small spoon of honey. Parsley and cucumber are ground in a blender, then honey is added. Then everything is mixed.The tips of the fingers immersed in the mixture, hold for 15 minutes. Treatment can be repeated 1-2 times a week.
• Potatoes with fermented milk products. For the preparation of therapeutic composition it is necessary to take two raw potatoes, grate them. Then add kefir, mix. Fingertips dipped in the bath, hold 15 minutes. The procedure can be repeated every other day.

Most often, nippers are used to shape the nail. However, if the nail plate is small, then the excess can simply be filed with a file. When choosing a tool, it is better to give preference to soft surfaces made of glass coated with a diamond or sapphire coating.

When using a file, you must follow a number of rules.

• In order to avoid stratification of the nail, they should be cut in one direction, from the periphery to the center.
• Before you use the file, you need to prepare the surface. It should be completely dry.
• Follow the angle of the tool. It should be no more than 90 degrees, otherwise you can damage the surface of the nail plate.
• After using the baths, the file cannot be used.

For shaping, various cutting techniques are used. On the legs most often form a form.

• The usual square. In order to get the correct square, you must first treat the nail in the center. A surface should form that will run parallel to the base of the finger. After this, lightly cut sharp corners. The surface remains at a right angle.
• Square with beveled edges. To obtain this form, first, the surface is sawn, as when forming a regular square. Then slightly round off the side surfaces of the plate.

After processing the surface of the file, you must use a nourishing cream.

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