Ribbed nails on the hands - reasons

Perfect manicure will adorn any woman, but not always our nails meet all the necessary requirements of the master. First of all, it concerns the shape of the plate. Let's carefully study the causes of ribbed nails on the hands, to once and for all get rid of this cosmetic defect.

Why do the nails look ribbed?

The answer to the question, why the fingernails on the hands are ribbed, nowadays it is quite easy to get. There are special diagnostic centers, which in the appearance of the nail plate receive complete information about the state of health of their owners. Yes, in fact, any changes in color, shape and relief of nails - a signal about problems related to the work of internal organs:

1. Ribbed nails, especially when it comes to vertical strips, indicate problems with the stomach and intestines. Horizontal bars indicate problems with metabolism and hormonal background.
2. The bluish shade of the nail hole is a sure sign of heart problems.
3. Well, all known white specks indicate a deficiency of silicon and calcium.

Uneven ribbed nails in these situations are useless to treat with cosmetic means. First of all, it is necessary to identify the disease that caused the development of abnormalities, and to cope with it. If your state of health does not cause fear, it is worthwhile to look for another reason for the appearance of ribbed nails. This can be one of such factors:

• injury;
• too tight gloves, compressing fingertips;
• long-term contact with active chemicals, household chemicals;
• lack of nutrients in the body;
• incorrectly held manicure.

The last factor deserves special attention.

What if the nails are ribbed due to manicure?

Very often the cause of the bad condition of the nails is ourselves. And it's not about endless diets, or health problems. Blame for everything - wrong manicure. The main rule of a woman who wants to have beautiful and healthy nails is not to use an iron nail file. This applies to purely iron tools, and saws with diamond dusting. To treat the edge of the nail plate, you should use a glass nail file, or plastic buff . Such devices will help seal the tip of the nail and keep nutrients inside. Naturally, brittleness and delamination will eventually cease.

In no case can not file and polish wet nails, all procedures should be performed on the dried surface. Movement of the saw should go in one direction, so as not to injure the plate.

Lovers of expansion and shellac should from time to time give their hands a rest. At least a few days a month without the top coating will help the nails to saturate with oxygen and restore the normal structure.

There are several folk ways that will help to return the smooth surface to the ribbed nails.

If the nails on the hands are ribbed due to trauma, or external factors, they need to help grow as quickly as possible. To this end, stimulate the increased production of keratin by the body. Eat more jelly and cold, take keratin complexes inside and apply special products with keratin to the nails themselves. With enough nutrients, all that remains is to spank the nail to heightened growth:

1. Regularly make a salt scrub.
2. Rub olive oil in the nail plate with the addition of iodine and hot pepper.
3. When cleaning the cuticle, apply to it the essential oil of menthol, or eucalyptus .
4. Protect your hands from the effects of household chemicals.