Burrs: causes, prevention, how to get rid of them

Hangnails are a problem familiar to every girl. They spoil the appearance of your hands and ruin the result of a wonderful manicure. Everyone gets hangnails from time to time. They get in the way, cling to clothes, and can even become inflamed. Therefore, you should pay no less attention to them than to your nails.

Hangnails on fingers - reasons

What are hangnails?! These are tears on the surface of the skin near the nail. They bleed, become inflamed, and can even turn into an abscess. If you don’t pay attention and leave everything to chance, seemingly harmless hangnails can turn into a real disease. Paronychia is an infectious disease of the skin near the nail plate. And what could be worse for a girl than hands that look more like chicken feet with peeling nails and skin.

The reason for hangnails is simple - failure to take proper care of your hands. Every day, girls perform hundreds of manipulations with their hands, without even thinking about what the consequences might be.

1. Cleaning, washing dishes, laundry - all this is done using household chemicals. It affects the skin of the hands like something else. Even newfangled products with protection and various balms dry out the skin, thinning it. And this leads to the appearance of burrs.
2. Some people have a bad habit of biting their nails. This is one of the first causes of hangnails. Advice to all girls who bite their nails - carry with you something that you can chew: carrots, apples, nuts. And as soon as your hand reaches into your mouth, take a vegetable or fruit as a replacement.
3. Wrongly done manicure, could also be the reason.
4. Avitaminosis. If there is a lack of certain vitamins in the body (for example A - skin elasticity), the cuticle becomes thinner, small cracks appear, and then hangnails.
5. Office work. Paper dries out the skin, and there is a high chance of cutting yourself. This could also be the reason.

Hangnails on fingers - how to get rid of them

If hangnails suddenly appear on your hands, then you should think about it. This means there is something you are doing wrong or not doing at all. Remember, if a burr pops up somewhere, under no circumstances should you bite it off or tear it off. No matter how much he irritates you and gets in the way. Look to see if you have tweezers (nail scissors) with you and carefully cut it off. Be careful not to cause further damage to your skin.

In order to get rid of hangnails, you must follow the following instructions:

• Do all housework with gloves. Afterwards, do not forget to wash your hands thoroughly with soap.
• When choosing a hand wash, make sure that it does not dry out your skin. For example, baby soap.
• To prevent their occurrence, use a nourishing cream for nails and cuticles.
• Take nourishing hand baths with oils at least once a week.
• Drink vitamins, this will help your skin be more elastic and resilient.
• Trim regularly manicure. This will help get rid of old dead skin around the nail, which will reduce the possibility of hangnails.

Burrs: traditional methods of removal

Here are a few ways to deal with unfortunate hangnails that our grandmothers also used. Or maybe great-grandmothers. In general, they are very old, I can’t even remember who invented them. But this is not important, but the fact that they really help. Therefore, if you are a follower of exclusively traditional medicine, take note.

Remedy "Pomodorka"

All you need is the core of a green tomato. Just lubricate the skin around the nail with it. Since green tomato contains a lot of acid, the sensation will be a little unpleasant. But it is precisely because of this that the skin around the fingers softens and the inflammatory process stops. After you have completed the manipulations, do not wash your hands. Wrap a plantain leaf around each finger and leave for an hour or two.

Cod as a savior

Boil fresh fish in a small amount of water, without adding salt or spices. You can eat the fish, but cool the broth slightly. Then put your hands in it for 15 - 20 minutes. To forget about hangnails for a long time, just one procedure is enough.

Burrs: prevention

Ohfinally forget problem burr  will help permanent care for hands. skinshould nourish, moisturize, preferably do this is on night. The constant procedure of trimmed manicure will make you forget about your problem. It’s also worth learning how to do a manicure yourself; all you need is a little patience and a few lessons. To carry out the procedure at home, you need to purchase special tools. Quick-drying varnishes also cause burrs, so if you use varnish for coloring, it is better to use regular varnish.

Keep an eye on that how do you eat, try to stick to a diet, arrange fasting days. Include foods containing vitamins and microelements in your diet. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs contain a sufficient amount of nutrients that will provide the skin with softness and elasticity.