Modern man often has problems with skin, hair and nails. This is due to poor ecology and aggressive environment. Nails are made up of keratin fibers. When they become thinned or loose, the state of hapalonychia sets in. It can be congenital, in which case weak nails can be traced in a whole generation of relatives. How to strengthen nails? The answer to this question depends on your overall he alth.
Acquired poor nail condition is often caused by disorders in the body. In particular, due to a failure in the growth zone of the nail - the matrix. This is the tissue under the cuticle, the visible part of which - the lunula - protrudes under the nail plate. One of the signs of a thyroid disorder is bad nails.
Failure can also be caused by sclerosis of the vessels that feed this area, a general metabolic disorder, problems with the intestines and associatedthese poor absorption of vitamins, poor nerve conduction and other diseases.
Proper nail care needed
Just as it is impossible to maintain he althy teeth without proper care of the oral cavity, so the strength of nails largely depends on quality care. Even naturally weak nails can please their mistress, who carefully monitors them. The question is not how to strengthen nails, but how to keep them.
If you do not file a broken nail in time, it may begin to exfoliate, begin to touch everything and may even crack, break or break from an unsuccessful movement. The nail has an arch in cross section, which gives it additional rigidity. A broken corner breaks the structure of the nail and exposes it to increased stress.
Lacquer coating and work with gloves will help protect your nails. This will protect them from external influences.
Nails need nourishment
Nails absorb water and fats well. Treatment with masks, ointments and creams, wax sealing and therapeutic baths are based on this. The cuticle is also permeable to nutrients, and regular care of it leads to good results.
How to strengthen nails with the help of external means, any manicurist knows. Often in the salon they sell special creams for nails and products for removing dead cuticle cells. After the hygienic manicure procedure, the master applies oil and massages the cuticles. He will tell you the best way to strengthen your nails. The best formulations are naturalIngredients. These are avocado oil, peach oil, aloe vera and others. Essential aromatic oils have nothing to do with nail care products. Do not confuse them.
Cuticle remover is also better to choose based on natural oils. These are alpha and beta fruit acids that are instantly absorbed by cells and nourish them. At the same time, they exfoliate keratinized keratin fibers, destroying the bonds between them. Therefore, such an anti-cuticle cream is not washed off after use. It is enough to apply it two or three times a week, and the root of the nail will receive the necessary nutrition. The cuticle will not grow.
How nail polish protects
Many people know that the nail needs protection. But not everyone can organize it correctly. Even the best and most expensive varnish will not do any good if it is worn chipped at the tips. In this case, the end of the nail will begin to absorb all the water and fat compositions with which it comes into contact. In this case, the thickness of the nail plate increases significantly. From this, hard coatings (for example, ordinary nail polish) do not withstand and chip off. The meaning of protection disappears, the nail exfoliates and loses keratin layers.
To prevent this, it is enough to seal the end of the nail, thereby blocking the gate for the absorption of solutions. The nail, as in a protective shell, will cease to interact with the environment. The butt is a vulnerable place, the coating is often erased from it. In this case, you can simply re-seal it with colorless varnish, if the deadline has not yet come.change the entire cover. Under such conditions, any nail polish is strengthening. But there are also special formulations with minerals and vitamins that are designed to protect and heal nails.
Healing varnish
Now, almost every nail polish company has a line of therapeutic products in its catalog. How to choose the best hardening nail polish? First of all, pay attention to the composition. The international agreement of cosmetics manufacturers has a 3 free rule, which means a ban on the inclusion of ingredients such as formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate and toluene.
If the composition is acetone, this also has nothing to do with medical varnish. But proteins, keratins and vitamins are welcome. The structure of the nail is strengthened by the formation of a cellulose film on the surface, moisturized by oil extracts and can serve as a base for colored varnishes. It is best to consult with a practicing nail technician about which lacquers strengthen nails.
There are compounds that stick together keratin cells, which effectively remove detachments. Chipped nails are well treated with ingredients that fill porous areas.
In our country, some professional products are popular for solving various problems with nails. These are OPI (American brand of elite class), domestic company Formula Profi (business class) and Belarusian Severina (economy class). All products are certified and have excellent reviews. You can buy them in specialized stores for nail masters.
Baths: recipes forhome use
Strengthening nail baths are an easy and inexpensive way to solve various problems. There are several recipes that are used at home:
- Warm beer is mixed with grated cucumber, a small amount of s alt is added. Hold hands for twenty minutes. After the bath, the smell of beer can be removed by wiping your hands with cucumber.
- Hands are kept in sea s alt solution for twenty minutes, after which they are not washed with soap for half an hour.
- Water extract of dry kelp - a means for gluing detachments. Dry kelp grass is soaked in a bowl for half an hour, drained and used for a bath. The procedure time is fifteen minutes. Rinse your hands with warm water and apply cuticle oil. The active ingredients of the bath are easily washed out with soapy water, so it is better to do this procedure at night to restore the condition of the nails.
- Vegetable oil (sunflower, linseed or olive) mixed with natural grape wine (preferably dry) in a plastic or ceramic container, heated in a water bath and immersed in the nails for ten minutes, then rinse with warm water and smear with cream.
- Decoction of oak bark is rich in tannins, strengthens nails and makes them strong. The procedure time is ten minutes. May stain skin and nails.
- Kefir mask: pour a little kefir into a bowl, heat it in a water bath, add a spoonful of olive oil and keep your hands in this composition for 15 minutes. Kefir is well absorbed by the cuticle, nourishes and moisturizes it. On nailsafter application, the shine remains, and they acquire elasticity. Brittleness and foliation pass.
Masks
In addition to strengthening baths for nails, special nourishing masks are made.
The following compositions are used to strengthen:
Aloe mask: 10 ml of cream is mixed with 20 ml of burdock oil, 40 drops of sea buckthorn oil and calendula oil. 20 ml of aloe juice is added to the mixture. Rub into the base of the nails. Aloe contains allantoin, 18 amino acids and penetrates deep into the skin
Lemon Mask: Cut the lemon fruit in half and soak the nails in the fruit for 10 minutes. Has a whitening effect. Fruit acids are perfectly absorbed, saturate the cuticle with vitamins, accelerating metabolic processes in the matrix where keratin cells are built
Treating severely neglected problems
To restore nails, make a powder mask with vegetable oil: boil any vegetable oil, cool and dip your fingertips into it. After the fingers sink into loose powder. Put on clean cloth gloves and leave overnight. Then remove and rinse hands with warm water.
If you feel oily in the morning, you can wipe the skin with facial lotion. Nails can be polished with a file with a hardness of 1000 grit, making a few movements. The substances of the mask will penetrate deeply into the keratin of the nails, and their appearance will become even and shiny.
In the case when you need to quickly achieve results, sealing will helpwax nails. For this, 25 grams of beeswax and 80 ml of olive oil are dissolved in a water bath. Poured hot and rubbed into cuticles.
Which cream to choose to protect nails
When you meet a cream designed for hands and nails on the store shelf, promising velvet hands and strong nails, look at its composition. If the ingredients include glycerin, liquid paraffin or mineral oil, then you should not take it. These components only dry the skin, pulling water out of it. Outwardly, this does not manifest itself in any way, all processes go deep in the cells. Such a cream can be taken to protect hands when working in the garden, especially if it contains silicone. For tissue regeneration, a different composition is needed.
What cream nourishes nails
Firming cream for nails in the first place should nourish the cuticle. Not all substances can penetrate into the area of the growth zone of the nail, and this is very good: natural protection does not allow bacteria and viruses to get there, creating a natural barrier. Only water-soluble alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs) can help the nail. Beta-hydroxy acids (BHAs) are also beneficial, they are fat soluble.
If it contains AHA or BHA, it is a natural cream that really nourishes the cell. Glycolic acid has a very small molecule and therefore is instantly absorbed and moisturizes, citric acid enhances collagen synthesis. And salicylic acid, a BHA, has an exfoliating and bactericidal effect.
Vitamins for nail growth
Vitamins are involved in the formation of keratinA and group B. In second place are calcium, iron and sulfur. If there are few fruits and vegetables in food, a failure in the overall metabolism is inevitable. Therefore, by spring, the hair grows dull, the nails exfoliate, and skin problems appear. Fortunately, vitamins that strengthen nails, hair, and skin are now available.
Researchers have noticed that synthetic vitamins do not have the same effect as natural ones. Therefore, in the composition of vitamin products, it is better to look for the chemical names of natural vitamins isolated from natural products: carotenoids, tocotriinols, L-ascorbate, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinamide, pantothenic acid, biotin, paraminobenzoic acid.
Of the trace elements, calcium is important, which is involved in all metabolic processes. It is better to choose calcium citrate. Silicon is directly responsible for the production of collagen, and sulfur is part of the nails and gives them strength.
How to strengthen nails after extensions
It happens that after removing extended nails, a deep restoration of the nail plate is required. Especially for this, biogels have been created that allow you to immediately solve the problems of detachments and soft nails. Of course, you can do this procedure for those who by nature have nails in poor condition.
The most famous are the IBX systems from Famous Names and Royal French from Formula Profi. Although these are salon procedures for restoring nails, they can be successfully done at home. You will need an LED lamp for the polymerization of materials and a set of biogels.
The video looks at solving several problems, including a master class on howstrengthen thin nails. It is unlikely that such a procedure will be needed more than two or three times, because after it the nail will take on a he althy look and become significantly stronger.
That's all the main methods of treating weak nails that exist in the arsenal of a modern manicurist. And what is very important, they can be successfully used at home.
