Causes and treatment of nail cuticle inflammation

Inflammation of the cuticle of the nail proceeds with the development of adverse symptoms. This article will help you understand what causes this pathology and how to carry out treatment.

The skin fold that surrounds the nail plate is called the cuticle. Epithelial cells are involved in its formation. These cells are gradually renewed. The cuticle is an important anatomical element that protects the inner surface of the nail from various damages.

Cuticle inflammation can occur for a variety of reasons.

• Various traumatic injuries often lead to this. For example, it often happens that the cuticle becomes inflamed after a manicure. Cleaning the cuticle with untreated tools can also lead to suppuration. If the inflammation is severe enough, it can even lead to the appearance of an abscess.

• The bad habit of biting your nails also damages the cuticle. She usually appears in childhood. For example, some people get nervous and begin to bite their nails, which leads to damage to the cuticle. In this case, many parents make many different attempts in order to rid the baby of this.

As a rule, they begin to lubricate the baby's fingers with various substances that have a bitter taste.However, this method is not suitable for removing a bad habit. It is better in this case to show the child to a psychologist. In this situation, skilled work of a specialist is required in order to teach the baby to deal with stress.

• Insufficient nail care is another factor that can lead to cuticle damage. So, if these areas are not treated with special means, they can subsequently become very dry. In order to get rid of severe dryness, you should lubricate the cuticle with special oils or creams. These products nourish dry skin, making it look better.

It is best to treat an inflamed cuticle when it is not severely damaged. In this case, the result can be achieved fairly quickly. If the cuticle is severely damaged, and its treatment has not been carried out for a long time, then in this case, longer therapy is required. In some cases, it may even take several months to restore the beauty of nails.

• A good way to restore a cuticle that has become inflamed is a bath with the addition of potassium permanganate. Moreover, one such treatment procedure per day is quite enough. The duration of the bath should be 12-15 minutes. After completing this restorative procedure, hands should be thoroughly dried.

After that, the damaged cuticle must be treated with special ointments. For this you can use, for example, "Levomekol". This remedy effectively copes with the inflammation that has arisen, and also promotes the early healing of inflamed skin. To prevent the drug from rubbing off, a fixation bandage should be applied to the finger. For this, a regular bandage is suitable.

• It is important to note that it is possible to treat cuticle inflammation at home only if complications have not developed. So, for example, severe suppuration can cause the development of an abscess. If such a pathological condition has appeared, in this case, only a surgeon should carry out its therapy. This condition is extremely dangerous, so only an experienced doctor should treat it.
• The site of traumatic cuticle injury can be treated with Miramistin. It helps to reduce the severity of the inflammatory process, and also helps to reduce the risk of secondary infection. After treatment with this drug, a fixing bandage should be applied to the inflamed finger. You can do this procedure 1-2 times a day. Before treating inflamed cuticles, hands should be thoroughly washed with mild soap.

• With inflammation of the skin rolls, various folk methods can also be used. So, for treatment, you can use compresses made from aloe. Making them is quite simple; to do this, you need to cut a couple of leaves of a succulent plant and squeeze the juice out of them. After that, a piece of bandage folded in half should be moistened in vegetable juice and applied to the site of inflammation. Then the compress must be additionally fixed with a bandage. If you wish, you can simply apply a cut piece of aloe to the area of ​​inflammation. As a rule, after 2-3 treatment procedures, the healing of the inflamed cuticle begins.
• Baths with oak bark also contribute to the healing of skin rolls. Oak bark broth contains a complex of various substances that help to heal sore nails.

In order for the cuticle to always remain beautiful and well-groomed, certain recommendations should be followed.

• Carry out hygienic hand care regularly. It is better to wash your hands with soap that does not contain aggressive ingredients.
• With increased dryness of the cuticle, it should be treated with special nourishing and moisturizing agents. For this, you can use a variety of oils, as well as creams.

• Manicure should be done only with processed tools. If the instrument has been infected with some pathogenic microbes, then the risk of infection is quite high. If the manicure is carried out not at home, but in a beauty salon or nail studio, you should definitely ask the master how the instruments were disinfected.

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