Healthy and strong nails are obligatory component of beautiful and well-groomed hands. What to do if your nails exfoliate, despite careful leaving? There are most probable causes.
Food
The condition of your nails can tell a lot of things about condition of organism in general. If they became dim and brittle, have begun to exfoliate, then first of all it is worth thinking of how you eat. For healthy nails, the hair and skin is necessary calcium, it does them stronger. Think whether you use milk, cottage cheese in enough? Cheese, sour-milk and yogurts are also calcium source. Therefore at least once in day eat dairy products and alternate them, thus the new habit will not bother you. If you do not love products from milk or cannot use them for some reason (for example, individual intolerance of lactose), then surely accept vitamins which part calcium is.
Protein is necessary for healthy nails, so so it is construction material of all organism. Eat meat and fish. You should not forget also about eggs. By the way, in order that protein was better acquired by organism, it is possible to use it with additional vitamin C. For example, after omelet eat segment of grapefruit or serve orange juice to stewed meat. Nuts, buckwheat and bean are also excellent source of protein, this option perfectly is suitable for those who do not eat animal products.
By the way, strengthening of nails is promoted also by some sweets - for example, fruit jelly. The truth only that which part natural gelatin, but not synthetic substitutes is.
Nails can exfoliate also from the shortage of vitamin D. Vitamin D contains in eggs, dairy products, calves, liver. It is produced also by human body - at impact of sunlight on it. That your organism did not suffer from the shortage of this vitamin, spend at least 15 minutes a day in the sun to suitable season, and in the fall and in the winter - at least on half an hour at daylight. By the way, vitamin D helps organism to acquire calcium. Vitamin B is also important for healthy bones, skin, hair and nails. It contains in rye bread, bean and nuts and also in large number in beer yeast.
Leaving
Pay attention to your care for nails, and both to cosmetics, and to tools which you use. It is preferable if liquid for removal of varnish does not contain acetone.
Protect hands from influence of hot water and chemicals when cleaning, regularly oil or saturated cream not only hands, but also nail plate.
You should not cut off nails on hands at all is direct way to their stratification on the ends. It is necessary to use qualitative file, and it is better to give preference not metal, and made of abrasive materials. Glass files - great choice. It is better to file nails in one direction, a peculiar brushing-away movements, for example, from right to left.