What causes the wrong haircut nails and how to avoid health problems

In the surgical clinic of the N. L. Foliage (Mr. Donetsk) still collect statistics on cases of ingrown nail - ingrown nail plate. In 2010, surgeons Zhurilo Ivan and Valery Litovka conducted a studyingrown nail problems in children, Reviewed the records of 329 hospital patients. The results make us think.

It was found that ingrown nails - it is quite a common phenomenon. In general, up to 10% of patients complained of otokshie fingers or pain in the feet when walking - the consequences of ingrown nail plates.

The question arises: how to make sure that you do not fall into the 10%? It is enough to cut your nails properly.

1. Take time to prepare three-stage

Step 1. Prepare the nails

What happens if you try to cut off a piece of potato chips nail scissors? Chips break. Something similar could happen with nails, especially on the legs. To calcified growths were cracked, before clipping the nails, soak your hands and feet for a few minutes in warm water.

Step 2. Prepare tool

When the nail clippers can be accidentally damage the cuticle or side roll - would be better if at this point on the blades will remain bacteria.

Be sure to disinfect the scissors or clippers. To do this, immerse them for 10 minutes in alcohol or even wash in warm water with soap.

Step 3. Prepare a place for haircuts

It is unlikely that you will like to step on nails scattered everywhere, walking barefoot through the apartment. And the guests ashamed. Therefore, before shearing to palm off a foot / hand towel. Well, or just trash.

2. Do this regularly

Average human fingernail It grows by 1 mm per week. But you need to understand something else:

• On the feet nails can grow half as fast as on the hands.
• Nail growth speed of each person individually.

Therefore, the frequency of haircuts have to define yourself. Focus on the so-called smile line - the boundary beyond which the nail is no longer adhere to the skin. For this line leave approximately 0.5-1.5 mm nail plate.

3. Maintain the correct shape of the nail

It is believed that at the tip of the nail hands need to give an oval shape, and on his feet just cut off in a straight line. But not all so simple. In fact, the tip of the nail can be straight, and oval. As you like. Most importantly, leave the side edges of the square. If you round off the nail plate for "smile line", it begins to expand and eventually vrastot in the side bolsters.

4. sawed edge

Serrated or cleaved edge easily cling to clothing and other items. One wrong move - and polnogtya disrupted. Therefore it is better to smooth the tip of the nail plate sawing.

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That's all. As you can see, to prevent ingrown nails is a snap.

We wish your feet warm and soft slippers.