How to take care of your toenails at home?

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

It doesn't take much time and effort to tidy up your toenails at home. To do this, you need to prepare the necessary tools.

• Scissors. With their help, the size of the marigold is shortened. The tool has a slight tilt to the side, which allows it to form a rounded shape.
• Nippers. With the help of this tool, the overgrown excess is 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, first of all, remove the excess nail on the sides, and then in the center.
• File. This tool allows you to remove sharp corners, level the surface, and form the desired shape. It can be used both before and after using scissors, nippers.
• Knipser. This tool is considered the most secure. It is also used for nail trimming.

After everything is ready, they begin to process the nails. First, you need to carry out hygiene procedures, rinse your nails thoroughly. In order for the nail plates to become softer, they can be placed in a bath with warm water for 5-8 minutes.

After that, the nail plates are dried and processed. Depending on the size of the nail, it is cut, bitten off or sawed off. It is important to follow the rules for using the 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 safety reasons, nail clippers are preferred for cutting nails. Unlike scissors, they do not damage the nail plate or cause delamination. When choosing nippers, you 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 refine the edges. If a cut appears, the site of injury must be treated with an antibacterial agent. All procedures must be carried out in good lighting. It is also important to choose a comfortable position so that nothing gets in the way.

Unkempt, dry, brittle nails require more careful maintenance. To strengthen them, you can make baths with different solutions.

• From sea salt. It is very simple to prepare the solution. 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.
• Made from common salt and olive oil. To prepare the bath, it is necessary to slightly warm up 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 a decoction of chamomile. To prepare the bath, pour boiling water over a large spoonful of chamomile herb. The broth 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 treated with any nourishing cream.

Cutting, filing is carried out with the greatest care so as not to cause even more damage to the weakened plates.

Compliance with daily hygiene of the toenails is the key to their health. Dirty nails not only look messy, they are also a source of germs. Neglect of hygiene procedures leads to the appearance of diseases, inflammation, and discoloration. Sometimes, in order to eliminate undesirable consequences, you have to spend a lot of effort.

It is not enough just to rinse the nails, it is necessary to clean out the dirt from all parts of the nail plate. You can thoroughly clean the nails with a special spatula. Most often it is made of wood. This makes the tool convenient and safe for daily use.

The ugly color of the nail plate, yellowness spoil the whole effect of the pedicure. Coating the surface with varnish can temporarily mask the defect, but this is not a solution to the problem.

In order to quickly and permanently get rid of an unpleasant symptom, it is important to find out its cause. To do 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 mellitus;
• abuse of coffee;
• diseases of the liver, kidneys, heart;
• avitaminosis;
• prolonged exposure to the sun.

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

• Whitening toothpaste or tooth powder. The procedure will require 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. In this case, it is important to ensure that the movements do not slip along the surface of the skin. After the procedure, the paste is washed off. The treatment can be repeated no more than once a week.
• Lemon juice. The easiest way to whiten a surface is to dip your toes into the pulp of a citrus fruit. The duration of such a bath is no more than 9 minutes. Treatment is carried out no more than once a week. You can also squeeze the lemon juice, then infuse it for an hour. Further, with massaging movements, each marigold is processed. Massaging lasts no longer than a minute. Such treatment can be carried out no more than twice a week.

• Strawberry. The strawberry mixture is also effective in combating discoloration. Put your fingertips into the cooked gruel. The bath lasts 30 minutes. This procedure can be performed every day.
• Soda with lemon. You need to prepare a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda. The gruel should be uniform in consistency. The composition is applied to the damaged areas, covered with foil on top, held for 10 minutes, then washed off with warm water. This treatment can be used no more than once a week.

• A mixture of parsley with honey and cucumber. To prepare the medicinal mixture, you will need a bunch of parsley, a small cucumber, and a small spoonful of honey. Grind parsley with cucumber in a blender, then add honey. Then everything is mixed. The fingertips are dipped into the mixture and held for 15 minutes. The treatment can be repeated 1-2 times a week.
• Potatoes with fermented milk products. To prepare the medicinal composition, you need to take two raw potatoes, grate them. Then add kefir, mix. The fingertips are dipped into the bath and held for 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 be simply filed with a file. When choosing a tool, it is better to give preference to soft glass surfaces coated with diamond or sapphire sputtering.

When using a file, a number of rules must be followed.

• To avoid delamination of the nail, it is necessary to cut them in one direction, from the periphery to the center.
• Before using the file, you need to prepare the surface. It must be completely dry.
• The angle of inclination of the instrument should be monitored. It should be no more than 90 degrees, otherwise the surface of the nail plate may be damaged.
• After using the trays, the file cannot be used.

Various cutting techniques are used to shape. On the legs, most often they form a shape.

• An ordinary square. In order to get the correct square, you first need to process the nail in the center. A surface should form that runs parallel to the base of the toe. After that, the sharp corners are slightly cut off. The surface remains at right angles.
• Square with beveled edges. To obtain such a shape, the surface is first cut down, as in the formation of an ordinary square. Then slightly round off the side surfaces of the plate.

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

For information on how to do a pedicure at home, see the next video.