Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Ways to Stop Biting Your Nails!
- Tips to strengthen your nails so they don't break easily
- 1. Don't cut the nail cuticle
- 2. Avoid using nail hardener carelessly
- 3. Give your nails moisturizer
- 4. Take biotin supplements
- 5. Avoid using acetone for nails
Medical Video: 5 Ways to Stop Biting Your Nails!
Nails are brittle, easily broken, and look dull is one of the characteristics of unhealthy nails. This can be caused by the wrong way when you treat your nails or due to lack of nutrient intake in the body. The following tips can strengthen your nails to become stronger and not easily broken.
Tips to strengthen your nails so they don't break easily
1. Don't cut the nail cuticle
Dana Stern, a dermatologist from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, said that one of the causes of easily brittle nails is because of the habit of cutting nail cuticles. The cuticle is the skin layer at the base of the growth of the nail, which serves as a natural barrier to fungi and bacteria.
Eliminating the nail cuticle means you eliminate the natural protection system of your nails. Cutting the cuticle can also have an impact on nail infections that will cause a red rash, swelling, uneven nails, even permanent damage to your nails.
2. Avoid using nail hardener carelessly
Not all nail care products on the market have a good effect on nails. Examples are nail hardener, and Dr. Stern reminded that there are still many body care products that have not been clinically tested.
Instead of wanting to strengthen your nails using a hardener, your nails will actually become brittle and yellowish. Even though in fact, healthy nails are flexible nails (easy to move, not hard). So to prevent it from breaking or brittle, avoid using chemicals that are not yet clear.
3. Give your nails moisturizer
Although there is not much medical data that can prove the efficacy of nail moisturizers to strengthen the nail layer, but from real experience nail moisturizers can maintain and protect the cuticles.
Margaret Ravits, a dermatologist from Hackensack University Medical Center, said that if you have fragile nails, use nail moisturizer on the nail surface regularly. Nail moisturizers can moisturize and reduce the occurrence of cracks and ruptures at the tip and surface of the nail.
4. Take biotin supplements
In some studies, researchers found that biotin supplements (derivatives of vitamin B), can increase nail thickness and prevent nails from cracking and breaking easily. In addition, a study in Germany examined 45 participants who had severe nail damage. Well, 90 percent of participants were given 2.5 milligrams of biotin every day for several months. The result, some of these people showed a good increase in their nails than those who were not given biotin intake.
5. Avoid using acetone for nails
All dermatologists agree that the use of acetone or its legal nail polish remover should be avoided if you want to strengthen nails. In fact, acetone can cause yellowing and dull nails. Exposure to acetone also has its own health effects on the body, such as headaches and lethargy. Instead you can remove the nail polish with a natural liquid made from lemon water and apple cider vinegar. In addition to cheap and healthier, your nails will look stronger and brighter shine.
