Health & Beauty Tips For A Better Life

The ugliest nightmare! Not only does it turn a reasonably graceful pair of hands into stubby paws, but it actually reduces the amount of strong nail area when the nail begins to grow back. You can always tell a reformed nail biter by the proportion of pink to white. As the nail was habitually nibbled further down the quick, the eventual re-growth at the tip, although weak and brittle-looking, easily equals the basic pink area.

Lack of ‘something to do with the hands’ is the common excuse for nervous nibblers. So try occupying them with knitting or even fiddling with a piece of material whilst you’re watching television, listening to records, or traveling. Keeping them manicured and coated with nail-strengthening clear varnish is a good deterrent. Avoid bright polishes which draw attention to your stubby nails while they’re growing back, but flatter them instead with muted flesh tones or simply clear varnish.

First of all, eating quantities of gelatine cannot strengthen soft nails, nor can it encourage them to grow. However, some peoplle belive that kelp or seaweed supplements from health stores have an effect on both nails and thier relations in keratin, hair. Avoid soaking them in very hot water and detergents which dries nails out and causes the keratin layers to separate and peel.

Resign yourself to the fact that you cannot grow your nails to any great length. Keep them well-filed and shaped instead-the shorter they are the longer they are likely to stay intact. Reinforce them with a nail-strengthening product, or an extra-hard strengthening varnish.

If a nail snaps off completely you can either replace it temporarily with a false nail, to maintain an even set for a special occasion or, better still, file the rest down to its level. This seems harsh, but in reality nothing looks more ludicrous than one stubby nail amongst a set of near talons.

You can mend a split, however, and save your nail until it has grown far enough to file by using a special nail repair glue. These glues are a slight variation of the all-purpose quick-drying household glues and should be treated with the same amount of caution. Make sure the nail is clean, dry and free from grease; then very carefully flood the split with a small droplet of glue. Quickly remove any glue from the surrounding finger with polish remover to prevent burning or skin sticking to skin. When the glue has set(a matter of minutes), file flush to the nail surface and apply nail polish to hide the join. The mend will last longer if you file the nail down a little first,to reduce the stress on the tear.