Cuticle Care and You

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We all want healthy long luxurious nails, most people will do anything to get them too! Either by getting fake nails or using supplements or nail lacquers. But where do healthy nails start? And how do we even begin trying for them? First things first, cuticle care! Your cuticles aren’t there just to look pretty, they play a purpose! They sit on top of your nail matrix and act like a protective barrier. If you want long healthy nails, taking care of your cuticles is a good start. And here’s a few ways to do it.

As a rule of thumb, never cut your cuticles. Cutting them puts you more at risk then helping them. You put yourself at risk to infection, irritation, and stress. If you remove the cuticle completely you leave your nails completely vulnerable and exposed, anything can get in. Getting a bacterial infection would be all too easy and it’s just not worth the risk.

Moisturize! Cuticles have the tendency of getting dry, they can crack and peel and flake off if left unmoisturized. Any skin moisturizer will do, but most dermatologists recommend thicker ones including ointments or creams. Apply a generous amount to your hands and use whatever is leftover to massage into your cuticles. Hot wax treatments are another good way of caring for your cuticles. This treatment is usually found at most salons. A special type of oil is heated until it’s completely melted, patrons then dips their hands into the wax and then put on plastic gloves and a mitt which help seal in the heat. These are worn for about 10 to 15 minutes. Once removed, your nails, hands, and cuticles should feel immediately softer and moisturized. This is a wonderful treatment with amazing benefits. The more you lubricate your hands and nails, the better they will be!

Wear gloves! When washing the dishes or removing nail polish with acetone you must wear gloves! Drying agents are a death sentence for not only your cuticles and nails, but for your hands and skin! Even too much water, especially hot water will just dry your hands out allowing severe stress and breakage along the nails and cuticle. Protect your hands and the rest of your body with thank you.

One more important thing to remember when caring for your cuticles. Keep your hands and fingers out of your mouth! Your mouth is dirty, and saliva breaks down your skin. If you’ve compromised your cuticles or nails developing an infection is too easy. If you have a bad habit of biting your nails you have to kick that to the curb. Stress, damage, and infections are the only thing you will see as a result from that nasty habit.

Why Do We Bite Our Nails?

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We’ve all been guilty of it, at least once in our lives we’ve nibbled at least on one of our nails. But why? To clean off a broken nail, or is there more to it than that? Is there more of a deep compulsory habit we’re unaware of, if so how does it form? And is it possible to stop it?

Biting your fingernails is a habit that often times starts in your childhood. Studies have shown that about 60% of children and around 45% of teenagers are nail biters. Nail biting becomes less and less common after the age of 18, but if the habit is already deeply ingrained in the individual, it can continue into adulthood.

But why do we do it? What drives us to bite our nails exactly? Stress and boredom play a huge role as for the reason. The habit can often be linked to anxiety or to keep the the body and mind occupied when the mind lacks interest. Anxiety, loneliness, or any other types of emotional triggers can also lead to nail biting. Biting fingernails can also be a sign of OCD also known as obsessive-compulsive disorder. Regular nail biting can cause severe damage to the nail and the surrounding skin which can be considered a form of self mutilation and harm!

If you bite your nails on the regular, your nails and cuticles suffer, the area around your nails can become infected since it’s easy for bacteria to travel from your fingers to your mouth and face. Nail biting can also affect your teeth! It can severely weaken them or push their alignment out of place.

If you are a consistent nail biter try adding a bitter polish to your nails, it will discourage you from biting after leaving a sour taste in your mouth. If you find stress and anxiety is what causes you to nibble on your nails try alternatives when relaxing like yoga or meditation. Even something as simple as deep breathing and squeezing a stress ball would be a game changer!

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Laser Nail Therapy Clinic is the Largest Toenail Fungus Laser Removal Clinic in the United States! 

If you are suffering from a nail fungus infection on your hands or in your toenails you owe it to your self to seek out the best treatment possible. You do not have to be embarrassed to show your hands or feet in public any longer!

All of our offices use the PinPointe FootLaser, which is the most effective treatment option for nail fungus available to date. Also, all of our free consultation and toenail fungus laser removal treatments are performed by Podiatrists, (doctor who specializes in the feet) never a technician. 

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What happens if left untreated?

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Many individuals who suffer from nail fungus are long time sufferers. Nail fungus is known to be an infectious disease and is still incurable however it is treatable. Those who have had it for years have just about tried everything they can think of and of those individuals, many lose hope and give up on treatment, accepting that they will never see results. This is the sad reality for many sufferers, however this can also be a dangerous conclusion to opt to. Additionally there are people who have obtained the nail fungus who simply do not care to treat it or believe the problem will subside on its own. The repercussions of these thought processes are not pretty.

If left untreated and in more severe cases, nail fungus can cause permanent damage to the nail and further spread to other parts of the body. If on the fingernails it has a high likelihood of spreading to the toenails and vice versa. Nail fungus can also spread onto the skin and other parts of the body such as the scalp. Moreover, if left untreated you may could infect other members of your household. Fungus is infectious and contagious therefore the spreading of it to other individuals is likely and could be potentially how you obtained it yourself.

The moral of the story is that if you are showing signs of a fungal infection, make sure to take care of it at it first signs to not only avoid from it spreading to other parts of your body, worsening in appearance, but also for other individuals out there that are uninfected.