Beautiful hands are first of all a flawless manicure. But what if the nails do not want to grow back, break and exfoliate? When does medical varnish not help? How to strengthen the nail from the inside?
First of all, it is worth deciding on the diagnosis:
- what exactly happened to the nails;
- how long has this been going on.
To effectively strengthen nails, you should get acquainted with their structure. Then it is easy to deal with the various problems that many have now.
The structure of the nail
In medicine, the root, body and edge of the nail are separated. To have a long free edge, the body of the nail must be he althy. And it depends on the root. During a manicure, the dried skin on the back roller is removed - the cuticle. Only an elastic, smooth cuticle, without dead cells, is the key to he althy nails. Its function is to protect against infections of the nail root. With burrs, cracks in this area, the tissue lying under the skin can be damaged. This is dangerous: panaritium, degeneration of the growth zone and other problems are easier to prevent than to treat.
Under the fingernailthe cuticle zone is visible lunula. This is an area of active cell division. If you look at the nail in section, you can see a thin layer of matrix. Here the nail is born, onychoblast cells divide and push the nail forward and upward. Interestingly, the cells here are updated at different rates: the outer layer of the nail is almost two months older than the inner one.
To figure out how to strengthen the nail, you should pay attention to this particular area. The shape and thickness of the future nail depends on the matrix, it affects the growth rate, determines the chemical composition and structure, is responsible for the color and appearance. Its nutrition occurs through the blood vessels, so the composition of the food greatly affects the he alth of the nails. Often the cause of the poor condition of the nails are external factors. In this case, take measures to eliminate them.
Nail problems
There are several nail changes that are most common:
- dried nails - longitudinal grooves are visible, white spots may appear, overall appearance is dull, there is no natural shine;
- loss of flexibility - with an awkward movement, the nail does not bend, but breaks;
- thin, soft, flexible nails that don't adhere well and chip off the tips;
- flaky and loose, crumbling nails.
Maybe not all deviations from the norm are striking, but one question arises when the nails exfoliate, break - how to strengthen them most effectively? Fortunately, there are many ways to solve it. And one of them is the so-called ambulancehelp.”
Ambulance
If the nail could not stand the length and cracked, everything is fixable. You can help him by gluing with a special compound and applying a reinforcing fabric. It can be silk or fibroin. There are kits on sale that include glue and tissue for repairing the nail.
Instructions on how to strengthen the nail:
- First of all, you need to clean the surface of the nail from pterygium and dirt.
- Treat a dry nail with a special soft buff with a grit of 240: remove the top layer (two or three strokes, no more needed).
- Cut out the necessary piece of silk.
- Degrease the nail.
- Apply glue to the nail.
- Put a cut piece of silk on the nail, drown in the adhesive base. It is good to glue the silk on top again.
- Dry.
- Finish the desired shape to the free edge and remove excess silk.
- Coat with nail polish.
The same procedure can be performed with biogel, then it will be called bioreinforcement.
When nails peel off
There are several reasons why nails begin to peel:
- Wrong diet.
- Exposure to chemicals.
- Dehydrated.
- Wrong manicure.
- Acidification of the body.
Knowing the root cause, it is easy to decide how to strengthen exfoliating nails. Some agree that drinking water is very important: the skin, hair and nails become shiny and elastic. Someone pays more attention to high-quality nail files. Even simplefiling to one side reduces the possibility of splitting nails.
Sometimes the reason for the poor condition of the nails is cheap cosmetics. Ingredients such as formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate and toluene are banned from nail polish. Therefore, it is important to be interested in the quality certificate when buying them.
Since the nail feeds on what we eat, we should pay attention to nuts, broccoli, seaweed.
When nails break
If the nails break, it means that there was not enough material for the proper construction of keratin cells. Nails consist of keratin protein, it also contains minor impurities of sulfur, phosphorus and calcium. These trace elements are involved in creating the structure of the nail. If some substance is missing, the nails will suffer.
Proper nutrition will benefit in any case, but the result will be visible in three to four months. In the meantime, a recipe for how to strengthen nails so that they do not break: s alt baths. They need sea s alt - it contains more than 80 trace elements.
Because nails absorb water well, osmosis will occur, a process in which s alts from a more saline environment are released into a less s alty environment. That is, from the body into s alt water. This normalizes metabolism. If possible, it is good to do baths, completely immersing yourself in such a solution. One bath requires one kilogram of sea s alt. For hands - one tablespoon per two liters.
When nails crumble
If the nail plate does not just break, but crumbles -fungal diseases must be excluded. A dermatologist will take an analysis and determine the cause of the lesion. If there is no infection, then the problem is a lack of vitamin A and calcium. These drugs can be bought at a pharmacy, but for now, do simple procedures.
Easy recipes to strengthen nails:
- Take a lemon, cut it into two halves and dip your fingers into its pulp. The minerals contained in this fruit penetrate well into the nails and strengthen them. After the procedure, the nails will become light in color and begin to shine.
- Rubber natural fruit oils such as aloe vera, apricot or avocado into your nails. Do not confuse with essential oils, they are useless.
- The pharmacy sells nail wax. It should be rubbed into the nails with a file-polisher with a grit of 1000 or more. Nails can absorb a lot of wax, don't feel sorry for it. After the procedure, the nails look great.
Thin and flexible nails
Often, after improper removal of artificial coating, nails become very thin, bend and do not hold varnish well. What can be done to strengthen the nails in this case? Since the nail plates are thinned, it is best to give them thickness with biogel. To do this, you will need a manicure lamp, LED is better, a biobase for nails, a hard top and a primer that are compatible with biobase. The entire set can be purchased within two thousand rubles.
Preparation for coating:
- Thoroughly clean nails from pterygium.
- Remove shine with 240 grit buff.
- Degrease.
- Apply primer.
- Apply a thin layer of biobase, dry in a lamp for two minutes.
- Apply the biobase with a large drop in the middle of the nail, wait for distribution over the entire nail plate and polymerize in the lamp for two minutes.
- Apply top, cure for 3 minutes.
- Remove the sticky layer.
Before applying the top, if desired, you can cover your nails with colored gel polish or biogel and make drawings or designs.
Lacquer based nail strengthener
Now almost every nail polish company has a reinforcing product line. These are easy-to-apply products on a conventional varnish base. Transparent, camouflage and white tones are produced. They are easy to perform a French manicure using special paper stencils.
How to strengthen the nail with a special varnish:
- Clean the nail plate from pterygium.
- Degrease.
- Apply two coats.
The only thing to keep in mind is the limited use of nail polish remover. The first layer of coating is applied to the cleaned nail and worn for several days, periodically repeating the application. After a week, all layers are removed and a new coating is done.
Strengthening Nail Gel
When you need to look one hundred percent, and the nails leave much to be desired, then we can advise you to make a strengthening with a solid biogel. It can even lengthen the nails a little. The procedure resembles building on forms, with the difference that nothing needs to be filed– self-levelling gel.
Not all biogel manufacturers have such a solid material in their line. It is called S-biogel for its ability to form the S-curve of the nail. Some girls successfully use it for home strengthening. The difference from the usual application of biogel is the substitution of forms. But if you do not need lengthening of the nail plate, then they are not needed.
Such nails will be hard, will grow he althy and in a few weeks will already take the desired length. Biogel can be painted with varnish, but remove the varnish with liquid without acetone - biogel can suffer from it.
Recipes for strengthening nails at home
Nails are able to absorb a hundred times more water, fats and other compounds than the skin. This is the basis of their treatment. Wax sealing of nails is popular in Japan. The composition for such a manicure can be made at home. To do this, mix a little wax and natural cosmetic oil.
How to strengthen nails (recipe for the composition):
- In a small saucepan, preferably enamelled, place 25 grams of beeswax.
- Put the pan in a water bath and stir the wax until it melts.
- Pour in 80 grams of oil, mix and remove from heat.
- While the composition is hot, pour it into molds.
Rub this ointment into the nails daily, preferably at night. During the treatment period, it will not be possible to cover the nails with varnish - it will not stick to a greasy base. You can polish them twice a month with a file with a grit of 1000 or more.
Do nails need to rest
Unfortunately, even some manicurists advise periodically removing all decorative coatings from nails so that they rest. What does this lead to? To the active penetration into them of detergents and cleaners, pigments from vegetables, tea and coffee. There is a dissolution of the natural fatty component of the nail - phospholipids and cholesterol.
First, at the tips, and then over the entire surface of the nail, overdried areas appear that break easily. In just a week, you can seriously ruin your nails. The environment is to blame for this: if women did not pick up dishwashing detergents, washing powders, shampoos and shower gels - everything that contains chemical solvents - the picture would be different. Or swim in the sea all day long - then the nails will really rest, become better.
Since the nails are completely replaced in three to four months, full recovery will have to wait all this time. Therefore, in the twenty-first century, decorative cosmetics for nails have become a good protection. Even ordinary varnishes do not let aggressive liquids through, especially gel polishes or extensions. If you need to wear bare nails (as, for example, in the confectionery industry), you should follow a few rules:
- Do all housework with gloves.
- Use cuticle oil two to three times a day.
- Strengthen your nails with wax twice a month.
- Get regular hygienic manicures to prevent burrs.
Conclusion
Here is the basic information on how to strengthen the nail from the outside and from the inside. To this we can add the need for proper wearing of artificial turf and rational nutrition. And most importantly - regular hand care procedures. Then the nails will only please you.
