Secrets to maintaining strong healthy looking Nails

Secrets to maintaining strong healthy looking Nails Nail Structure Free edge of nail Body of nail Nail matrix Root of nail Eponychium (cuticle) Eponychium (cuticle). Lunula Nail bed Body of nail Lunula Free edge of nail Phalanx (bone of fingertip) 1. Keep your cuticles pushed back Actually, most dermatologists would advise against pushing back the cuticles, as well as discouraging cutting them. The cuticle is there to protect the roots of your nails' & skin around them. Applying gelatin, or nail polishes 2. Polishes with these ingredients can indeed make nails less vulnerable to splitting, they also make nails stiffer and less flexible. Many people attribute the strength of their nails to regular immersions in gelatin. 3. Topical fungus treatments Lots of products available from drugstores that supposedly get rid of fungal nail infections. Most effective way to treat a fungal nail infection is to fight it from the inside by obtaining an oral prescription medication from a dermatologist. Use dark-colored nail polishes 4. Some regular users of darker polish shades have discovered that their nails have turned yellow over time. if your nails yellowed, you can prevent them from applying a layer or two of base coat'to your nail before putting on nail polish. Positive influence of siliça on nail growth and strength (5 to 6 months is needed) Improvement of the Nails (in %) 100 90% 83 % 76% 75 68 % 54 % 50 45% 25 Weeks of application of silicic acid 16 24 stronger nails better nail structure Beautec Created By: Beautec Beauty Academy Ltd Beauty academy http://www.beautec.co.uk/