How to care for toenails at home?

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

To put in order the toenails at home, it does not take much time and effort. To do this, 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 you to form a rounded shape.
• Nippers Overgrown surpluses are also removed with this tool. This is done more accurately. To get the shape of the nail plate in the form of a square, it is best to choose a cutting pliers. When using this tool, first remove the excess nail on the sides, and then in the center.
• Nail file. This tool allows you to remove sharp corners, level the surface, form the desired shape. It can be used both before use of scissors, nippers, and after them.
• Knipser. This tool is considered the safest. It is also used for cutting nails.

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

After that, the nail plates are dried and begin processing. Depending on the size of the nail, it is cut, bitten off, or sawed off. It is important to follow the rules for using tools. Violation of the processing technique can lead to cuts, delamination, and the appearance of burrs. It is also important to observe the rules of hygiene.

For cutting nails, for safety reasons, it is preferable to use nippers. Unlike scissors, they do not spoil the nail plate, do not 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 cutting the nail, a nail file is used to further process the edges. If a cut occurs, 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 will interfere.

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

• From sea salt. Preparing the solution is very simple. It is enough to put a large spoonful of salt in 200 ml of warm water, mix thoroughly. The duration of the procedure is no more than 7-8 minutes.
• From ordinary salt and olive oil. To prepare the bath, slightly heat 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 a large spoonful of chamomile grass with boiling water. The broth should be infused for 35-45 minutes. The duration of the procedure is 10-12 minutes. After the procedure, wipe the nails dry. They can be treated with any nutritious cream.

Cutting, sawing is carried out with the greatest care so as not to cause even greater harm to 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 the spread of germs. Neglect of hygiene procedures leads to the appearance of diseases, inflammatory processes, and discoloration. Sometimes, to eliminate the undesirable consequences, it takes a lot of effort.

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

The ugly color of the nail plate, yellowness spoil the whole effect of the pedicure. Coating the surface with varnish may 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 cause of a 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;
• prolonged sun exposure.

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

• Toothpaste with whitening effect or tooth powder. For the procedure you will need a toothbrush with soft bristles. 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 movements do not slip 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 your toes into the pulp of a citrus fruit. The duration of such a bath is not more than 9 minutes. Treatment is carried out no more than once a week. You can also squeeze lemon juice, then insist it for an hour. Next, massaging movements are carried out processing each nail. Massaging lasts no longer than a minute. Such treatment can be carried out no more than twice a week.

• Strawberry. Strawberry mix also effectively combats discoloration. In the prepared gruel put the tips of the fingers. The duration of the bath is 30 minutes. This procedure can be carried out every day.
• Soda with lemon. It is necessary to prepare a mixture of lemon juice with soda. The gruel should be uniform in consistency. The composition is applied to damaged areas, covered with foil on top, hold for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Such treatment can be used no more than once a week.

• A mixture of parsley with honey and cucumber. To prepare the treatment mixture, you need a bunch of parsley, a small cucumber, a small spoon of honey. Grind parsley with a cucumber in a blender, then add honey. Then everything is mixed. The fingertips are dipped into the mixture, hold for 15 minutes. Treatment can be repeated 1-2 times a week.
• Potatoes with dairy products. To prepare the medicinal composition, you need to take two raw potatoes, grate them. Then add kefir, mix. The fingertips are lowered into the bath, hold 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 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 coating of diamond or sapphire.

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

• To avoid stratification of the nail, it is necessary to saw 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 the tool should be monitored. It should be no more than 90 degrees, otherwise you can damage the surface of the nail plate.
• After applying the baths, the file cannot be used.

Various shaping techniques are used to shape. On the legs they most often form.

• The usual square. In order to get the right square, you must first process the nail in the center. A surface should form that runs parallel to the base of the finger. After that, sharp corners are cut slightly. The surface remains at a right angle.
• A square with beveled edges. To obtain such a shape, the surface is first cut off, as in the formation of a normal square. Then slightly round the side surfaces of the plate.

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

On how to do a pedicure at home, see the next video.