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14 Easy To Use Tips For Beautiful, Healthy Nails

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:50:19 +0000

Kristy Klien asked:

Do you know that the color of your nails indicate the statues of your health? That’s true. While transparent and rosy nails indicate good health, a little pale and brittle nails imply lack of it. Moreover, diet plays an important role in maintaining the health of your body as well as of your nails. This also means that you need to take care of your nails and include all essential vitamins and minerals if you want to get healthy and beautiful nails.

First of all, you must make minor changes in your lifestyle and try including more healthy fruits and vegetables, nuts, eggs, and fish in your diet. These small changes may go a long way to help you get the perfect nails that you had always dreamt of.

Here are a few tips for getting healthy nails:

Remove nail polish every week as this allows the nails to breathe.
Give a natural massage to your nails using coconut oil or warm castor oil.
Dip your nails in warm water mixed with a tablespoon of lemon juice before you manicure them.
Apply a base coat with smooth strokes before applying nail paint and then let the coat dry before you apply nail paint.
Use an acetone-free nail polish remover so that your nails don’t lose their natural oils. Use a nail polish remover only 3-4 times in a month.
Massage your cuticle twice a week using a rich cream. If your cuticle is damaged, you can use alpha hydroxy cream. Moisturize your nails and cuticles at bedtime and then cover them with cotton gloves.
If suffering from nail fungus or infection, use a mixture of lavender oil and Tea tree oil to treat it.
Whenever you get time, rub your nails with lemon to make them look lustrous and provide them with essential nutrition.
A right diet plays an important role in maintaining healthy and beautiful nails. Therefore, you should include hard-boiled eggs and a glass of milk in your diet. If your nails have white spots, you should include food rich in zinc.
While filing your nails, file in a single direction. Avoid filing nails just after taking bath as wet nails tend to break more easily.
To keep your nails well-hydrated, rub your nails and skin surrounding them with a petroleum jelly. If you don’t want to use a petroleum jelly, you can use Castor oil instead. Castor oil is rich of vitamin E, which is also good for your cuticles. You can also use olive oil for the same purpose.
Use rubber gloves while performing household tasks, such as washing dishes or clothes. To maintain extra softness, you can also apply a good hand -ream before wearing rubber gloves.
Taking diet rich in vitamins A, E, and Biotin makes your nails stronger. Vitamin A is present in green, yellow and orange vegetables, while nuts and leafy green vegetables offer vitamin E in good quantity. Biotin is a vitamin, which is primarily found in almonds, eggs, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

Drink nine to ten glasses of water every day. This is because water helps in keeping your nails well-hydrated and maintaining their luster. If you want to strengthen your nails, you can consume Gelatine, which is available in a drinkable form. Gelatine helps in building nail strength and thickening weak nails.

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Can Vicks Cure Toenail Fungus – True Or False?

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:37:33 +0000

N. Miley asked:

If you have been searching around the web for an answer to your toenail fungus problems, you have more than likely come across the question can “Vicks cure toenail fungus?”

The home remedy of Vicks Vapor rub has been floated around the web on both web sites and you tube videos for quite some time but few people are able to give any definitive proof as to whether or not the menthol based product can in fact help to kill nail fungus. ?

The general consensus is that if Vicks had a true ability to cure fungus, then the manufacturer of the product would find a way to market that particular benefit.? However, that may or may not be true depending on whether or not they decided to invest the money into researching this ability. ?

There are many man-made products that were developed for one purpose and later discovered to do something completely different.? So, can Vicks cure toenail fungus is the key question? ?

Vicks is known to contain an ingredient called Thymol which is known to have some powerful antibacterial properties and that is why some users believe that it may have helped with their toenail fungus. ?

Thymol is also a common and active ingredient in several brands of popular mouthwash.? One of the best known brands that uses Thymol would be Listerine.?

Vicks vapor rub contains an ingredient called Thymol which is known to have some powerful antibacterial properties and thus the reason it may work for some people in killing toenail fungus.

Thymol is also a common ingredient in several brands of mouthwash. One well known brand, Listerine, is also recommended from time to time as a possible treatment for toenail fungus.

Thymol is a natural product that was once used by the Blackfeet Indians to treat minor wounds and cuts so it clearly has some properties that may help it to treat select cases of toenail fungus.

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do i have a nail fungus under my acrylic nail?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:24 +0000

miss texas <3 asked:

i’ve been wearing acrylic nails off and on for two years. recently when i got them done, i noticed a small dark spot on the corner of the pink part of my pinky nail. that is gone, but part of the pink part of my nail is like a white-ish color. oh i smelt it one day & it kinda smells like mildew. ew. is this a fungus?

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Can a nail/foot fungus spread to the inside of the legs?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:44:08 +0000

Maria W asked:

I have been suffering with a nail/foot fungus for several weeks. I am treating it with over the counter medications and it appears to be improving some. Today I am having pain throughout both my legs. It is difficult to describe, but it sort of feels like the circulation is being cut off. It is very painful!! Can the nail/foot fungus spread to the legs?

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Could a nail fungus be the reason is my toenail plate not sticking to my toenail bed?

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:19:55 +0000

mafiosu asked:

I just noticed that on one of my big toes it looked lighter on the edge. When I investigated it further I saw I was able to pull the nail plate away from the nail bed rather easily, without pain. This has never happened before. Could it be a nail fungus starting? My husband has had a nail fungus for years. Can I get it from him?
I also have psorasis. I heard that it can cause nail problems too. Anyone else heard of this?

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Nail fungus?

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:05:24 +0000

Scenic Point asked:

My boss’ wife – a manicurist – recently inferred that I have nail fungus. Was this because my nails are thick and tips white or, because my nail beds were cloudy and scuffed at the time because I had been working with a lot of heavy lyes and detergents? Natural french nails aren’t by themselves a sign of nail fungus are they? My recovered nail beds are a shiny rosy pink though yes, my tips are white and my nails are thick and will usually grow until I cut them. My nails have always been just the way they are now. My hair is long and thick, too. I always thought they correspond to each other though I may be wrong about that. (Women can be so snide…..)

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Does Vicks Vapor Rub really work for stubborn nail fungus?

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:45:26 +0000

Create Zen asked:

I have this patch of white nail fungus on my toe and it has been there for over a year. I heard that vicks vapor rub will get rid of it. I just wanted to make sure before I actually tried it.

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Nail Fungus?

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:40:41 +0000

dorko asked:

I’ve had the nail extentions for about a month. It’s just my luck that I just started getting them done again I might have nail fungus. Its almost right in the middle of the nail and it looks like a green smudge. I can’t really tell coz of the powder filling that they put on it. When I got it done, I noticed it but the guy didn’t say anything so I didn’t think much of it. But now its bugging me and I keep staring at it. Nail fungus that I’ve seen was yellow and made the nail all brittle and yucky looking. How can you tell if it is nail fungus?

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what is a natural alternative to nail fungus?

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:46:23 +0000

becky asked:

nail fungus is different to foot fungus for in the nail the fungus grows back into the toenails further that is why a topical solution will not work. for i have tried them all that is why i ask for an alternative to lamisil a tablet

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Is NAFTIN anti-fungal cream effective against nail fungus?

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:44:57 +0000

ss3growntrunks asked:

I started using NAFTIN for some slight nail fungus I recently acquired. Will it help get rid of it, and must I use a different product?

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