At the base of your nail is the white crescent, which I have now read is called the germinal matrix. About 1/4 of an inch of mine is exposed, which is way more than most people. Now that I take care of my nails, my cuticles don't seem to be growing back over them. Does anyone know how to make your cuticles grow back?The white crescent shows on my finger nails from years of picking at my cuticles, how do I get it to grow back?
I can't imagine anyone not be proud of having crescents showing on their fingernails. I sure wish I did. They're beautiful.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
My hands are extremely DIRTY!!! Literally. My cuticles are black, as are my nails. Tips on cleaning?
Today I picked tomatoes from 7-3 in a hot, swampy, muddy field. At the end of it all, my hands were literally black! (I'm a white person). My right hand is several shades darker than my left, since that's the hand I picked with. My cuticles are black, and my nails are black underneath. The surface of my nails even has dirt ingrained in little lines - the nailbed is yellow. That's how dirty my hands are. I've washed them repeatedly, scrubbed them with several exfoliants, used a pumice stone, washed my hair, swum in a pool, dipped them in hydrogen peroxide....nothing is working....my hands are still a greyish brown and my nails are disgusting....HELP!!! I have to go to a more civilized place looking decent and clean tomorrow!My hands are extremely DIRTY!!! Literally. My cuticles are black, as are my nails. Tips on cleaning?
Get you a bar of Lava soap, most grocery stores carry it...My hands are extremely DIRTY!!! Literally. My cuticles are black, as are my nails. Tips on cleaning?
well, you can try dish detergeant--that's pretty good for getting things clean. try soaking your hands in hot (not uncomfortably so) water, like a bath or something. for your nails, cut them shorter so it's easier to get deep down in there, and scrub them with a scrub brush and soap. good luck!
My grandpa, a lifetime vegetable farmer, taught me to finish up by choosing an over-ripe tomato and smush it up in your hands and wash with that. It's good for removing the tomato stains.
Buy a bottle of Dawn Foam dish detergent and let some of it stay on your hands for 15 min. Then put on some water and scrub with a brush.
A good treatment with shampoo will also do a good job.
Soak them in Epsom salts to loosen the dirt. Scrub them well and take a shower, shampoo your hair, that should help.
a good home made scrubber is mix raw sugar with lemon juice,
As a former cosmetologist and make up artist, I think I can help you. First of all, apply a liberal dose of moisturizer and let it soak in a bit. If you have a face soap called Cetaphil, all the better. Put it on a little heavy and rub it in and wait about 15 minutes. Using a nail brush, one of those little brushes for scrubbing your hands and nail beds, wash with a liquid dish soap in warm (not hot or cold). You may have to do this more than once. What has happened, is your hands have ABSORBED the grime and dirt and sediments from the tomatoes and environment you were in. If you hydrate your hands with lotion, it will help to remove the discoloration. If that doesn't work, you can try some lemons, squeezed and applied to your hands with some lotion, let sit for 15 minutes and remove with some hand soap. The lemon acts as an acid to help remove the discoloration and the lotion will help bring the dirt up where it can be washed away. You can even put lotion on your hands and cover with plastic gloves and go to bed, and in the morning, try and remove any remaining dirt that might be present, if any is actually left. This really should remove the discoloration and filth from your hands enough to be presentable. Hope this helps you! Good luck!
Get you a bar of Lava soap, most grocery stores carry it...My hands are extremely DIRTY!!! Literally. My cuticles are black, as are my nails. Tips on cleaning?
well, you can try dish detergeant--that's pretty good for getting things clean. try soaking your hands in hot (not uncomfortably so) water, like a bath or something. for your nails, cut them shorter so it's easier to get deep down in there, and scrub them with a scrub brush and soap. good luck!
My grandpa, a lifetime vegetable farmer, taught me to finish up by choosing an over-ripe tomato and smush it up in your hands and wash with that. It's good for removing the tomato stains.
Buy a bottle of Dawn Foam dish detergent and let some of it stay on your hands for 15 min. Then put on some water and scrub with a brush.
A good treatment with shampoo will also do a good job.
Soak them in Epsom salts to loosen the dirt. Scrub them well and take a shower, shampoo your hair, that should help.
a good home made scrubber is mix raw sugar with lemon juice,
As a former cosmetologist and make up artist, I think I can help you. First of all, apply a liberal dose of moisturizer and let it soak in a bit. If you have a face soap called Cetaphil, all the better. Put it on a little heavy and rub it in and wait about 15 minutes. Using a nail brush, one of those little brushes for scrubbing your hands and nail beds, wash with a liquid dish soap in warm (not hot or cold). You may have to do this more than once. What has happened, is your hands have ABSORBED the grime and dirt and sediments from the tomatoes and environment you were in. If you hydrate your hands with lotion, it will help to remove the discoloration. If that doesn't work, you can try some lemons, squeezed and applied to your hands with some lotion, let sit for 15 minutes and remove with some hand soap. The lemon acts as an acid to help remove the discoloration and the lotion will help bring the dirt up where it can be washed away. You can even put lotion on your hands and cover with plastic gloves and go to bed, and in the morning, try and remove any remaining dirt that might be present, if any is actually left. This really should remove the discoloration and filth from your hands enough to be presentable. Hope this helps you! Good luck!
Y R my cuticles super thick; finger nails have vertical ridges; thumbnails have horizontal bumps & bubbles?
About a year ago, my cuticles and fingernails changed dramatically. I have always had tendancies towards horizontal bumps in my thumbnails and fingernails that would sort of curl down in places...but there have been long periods of time where they were long, beautiful and perfect. But a year ago, they started getting thick vertical ridges, some even splitting vertically. My thumbnails now have thick and thin places that seem to come from horizontal bumps...they are really weird. I also have these bubble like things in one thumbnail that actually peels in the middle of it, and a vertical ridge in the same spot can even cause it to split vertically in the middle of the nail. I must have some deficiency or something. Perhaps low thyroid? It has gotten worse...and my cuticles are super thick now and I have less feeling in them. I even have to trim them with clippers because they get so thick all around my nail bed and the sides. I hope someone can tell me what I can do about it!Y R my cuticles super thick; finger nails have vertical ridges; thumbnails have horizontal bumps %26amp; bubbles?
sounds like a fungus. Go to the dermatologist and get it looked at. simple meds could fix. My aunt hadsomethinglike that... not as severe. She got it from gardening without usig gloves. It went a way with meds.Y R my cuticles super thick; finger nails have vertical ridges; thumbnails have horizontal bumps %26amp; bubbles?
Sounds like it could be a deficiency or maybe a side effect from medication.
Also, do you ever get your nails done, with acrylics or other materials? I would do my nails with press ons and acrylics every week and I started to get dips and ridges in my nails.
Hi
i have the exact same thing...
let me guess, your cuticles aren't only thick, but extremely dry as well? so dry they crack sometimes and you have to trim them off?
I've always been told its just my eczema and it's actually under the nail in the nailbed. I know that ridges in the nails can mean a deficiency - i think either zinc or keratin from orange vegetables like carrots and red/orange peppers.
i have not yet found a way to get rid of it.
I also take a few corticosteroids for asthma/allergies...i've been on corticosteroids for as long as i can remember, and my nails have also been the way they are as long as i can remember.
So, i don't really have an answer for why it's happening...but if you have eczema/psoriasis and/or you're on corticosteroids, maybe that's it.
What i do to hide it is just file and buff my nails. Right on the bed of the nail. The trick is not filing too much because, like you said, there are thin spots.
sometimes when the thin spots get really bad i get press on nails. I only put glue around the edges of the nail so that i dont run the risk of breaking the thin spot. That at least offers protection because they get VERY sensetive to the touch.
if you find any similarities in my story, let me know. I've been trying to figure this one out too, and doctors have been no help at all.
sounds like a fungus. Go to the dermatologist and get it looked at. simple meds could fix. My aunt hadsomethinglike that... not as severe. She got it from gardening without usig gloves. It went a way with meds.Y R my cuticles super thick; finger nails have vertical ridges; thumbnails have horizontal bumps %26amp; bubbles?
Sounds like it could be a deficiency or maybe a side effect from medication.
Also, do you ever get your nails done, with acrylics or other materials? I would do my nails with press ons and acrylics every week and I started to get dips and ridges in my nails.
Hi
i have the exact same thing...
let me guess, your cuticles aren't only thick, but extremely dry as well? so dry they crack sometimes and you have to trim them off?
I've always been told its just my eczema and it's actually under the nail in the nailbed. I know that ridges in the nails can mean a deficiency - i think either zinc or keratin from orange vegetables like carrots and red/orange peppers.
i have not yet found a way to get rid of it.
I also take a few corticosteroids for asthma/allergies...i've been on corticosteroids for as long as i can remember, and my nails have also been the way they are as long as i can remember.
So, i don't really have an answer for why it's happening...but if you have eczema/psoriasis and/or you're on corticosteroids, maybe that's it.
What i do to hide it is just file and buff my nails. Right on the bed of the nail. The trick is not filing too much because, like you said, there are thin spots.
sometimes when the thin spots get really bad i get press on nails. I only put glue around the edges of the nail so that i dont run the risk of breaking the thin spot. That at least offers protection because they get VERY sensetive to the touch.
if you find any similarities in my story, let me know. I've been trying to figure this one out too, and doctors have been no help at all.
Where does hair grow from? The head or the end of old hair? Where do nails grow from? The cuticles or ends??? ?
What I'm trying to ask is when your hair grows, where does the new hair come from? Does the new hair come from the head, or the ends? If you are not sure, and you have/had your hair died before, you can find out the answer easily. If you had black hair and you died it brown, and month later, did you see black hair closer to your head or the ends of your hair? If the black hair is closer to your head that means that new hair grows from your head.
I am very curious to find out the answer to this question, so please answer it. If possible support your answer with a reliable website. Thanks.Where does hair grow from? The head or the end of old hair? Where do nails grow from? The cuticles or ends??? ?
Where does the tree grow from?
The root.
Our hair and nails grow from the root. The roots of your hair are under the skin. The roots of your nails are under the cuticle. It is in the root of the hair and nails where the new nail or hair is grown. The hair that you see is really just lots of dead cells joined together, same thing goes with your nails. The white part at the tip of your nail is all dead cells.Where does hair grow from? The head or the end of old hair? Where do nails grow from? The cuticles or ends??? ?
Both hair and nails grow from the base (follicles in the scalp and the cuticles respectively). The part of the hair and nails that you can see is dead material; the living part is inside, under your skin.
Thus your original hair color will start to appear at the base of your dyed hair.
first of all, trees grow from the ends. not the root.
you hair on the other hand, grows from the follicle in your scalp.
your hair grows form your head and your nails grow from your cuticle.
I don't want to be mean, but that has to be hands down one of the stupidest questions I have ever heard.
are you serious?origins
I am very curious to find out the answer to this question, so please answer it. If possible support your answer with a reliable website. Thanks.Where does hair grow from? The head or the end of old hair? Where do nails grow from? The cuticles or ends??? ?
Where does the tree grow from?
The root.
Our hair and nails grow from the root. The roots of your hair are under the skin. The roots of your nails are under the cuticle. It is in the root of the hair and nails where the new nail or hair is grown. The hair that you see is really just lots of dead cells joined together, same thing goes with your nails. The white part at the tip of your nail is all dead cells.Where does hair grow from? The head or the end of old hair? Where do nails grow from? The cuticles or ends??? ?
Both hair and nails grow from the base (follicles in the scalp and the cuticles respectively). The part of the hair and nails that you can see is dead material; the living part is inside, under your skin.
Thus your original hair color will start to appear at the base of your dyed hair.
first of all, trees grow from the ends. not the root.
you hair on the other hand, grows from the follicle in your scalp.
your hair grows form your head and your nails grow from your cuticle.
I don't want to be mean, but that has to be hands down one of the stupidest questions I have ever heard.
are you serious?
My cuticles are really bad..my nails are strong but all around gets really bad?
im 23 female!My cuticles are really bad..my nails are strong but all around gets really bad?
I agree with the person above me saying you need to keep your cuticles moisturized, however, don't even bother spending the extra money for vitamin E or any other 'special' oils to do so.
Use my secret ingredient which is cheap and works wonders! It's plain old 'vaseline'. Trust me it works!
I know you're thinking it can be messy and greasy, but if you do what I do, you won't notice the greaseness and you'll notice improvements over night!
All you have to do is simply apply a little (a little goes a long way) all around your fingernails right before you go to sleep! In the morning, you'll be amazed at how well they look!
Do this every night and you'll see how well your cuticles will look. People will think you see a manicurist regularly and spend tons of money doing so!!!My cuticles are really bad..my nails are strong but all around gets really bad?
you need to keep them moisturized.. i would recommend applying vitamin e oil around the cuticles once or twice a day... once moisturized, they won't peel and flake.
put lotion on your hands and make sure you trim them. frink plenty of water this will help. let up on the pop
u need to cut them.
My cuticles were bad too and I also used to bite them. The cure is soaking them every night in either olive oil or almond oil, best of Luck!
I also have this problem,try Burt's Bee's Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream,it works great on cuticles.
I agree with the person above me saying you need to keep your cuticles moisturized, however, don't even bother spending the extra money for vitamin E or any other 'special' oils to do so.
Use my secret ingredient which is cheap and works wonders! It's plain old 'vaseline'. Trust me it works!
I know you're thinking it can be messy and greasy, but if you do what I do, you won't notice the greaseness and you'll notice improvements over night!
All you have to do is simply apply a little (a little goes a long way) all around your fingernails right before you go to sleep! In the morning, you'll be amazed at how well they look!
Do this every night and you'll see how well your cuticles will look. People will think you see a manicurist regularly and spend tons of money doing so!!!My cuticles are really bad..my nails are strong but all around gets really bad?
you need to keep them moisturized.. i would recommend applying vitamin e oil around the cuticles once or twice a day... once moisturized, they won't peel and flake.
put lotion on your hands and make sure you trim them. frink plenty of water this will help. let up on the pop
u need to cut them.
My cuticles were bad too and I also used to bite them. The cure is soaking them every night in either olive oil or almond oil, best of Luck!
I also have this problem,try Burt's Bee's Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream,it works great on cuticles.
Cuticles and skin around nails....?
what is the best way to fix damaged skin around your nail, and the cuticals?! my nails are sooo bad......
preferably an at home remedy =/??Cuticles and skin around nails....?
I feel your pain! I also bit my nails and cuticles as a nervous habit. =(
But 2 things that helped me out greatly... Neosporan to patch the broken skin, and olive oil to soften the skin.
Brittle nails?
';So, if you are like me, you somtimes have dry hair and/or brittle nails. If I am looking for a home treatment for dry hair, I microwave some olive oil and apply it to my hair and let it sit for a bit. This is what I call my Home Hot Oil Treatment:
1/8 cup olive oil
a few sprigs of lavender
shampoo
shower cap
towel
I put the olive oil in a pan on medium heat. It takes about 2 minutes to get hot. Then I add the lavender. I let it sizzle in the pan for about 3-5 minutes. Then I take out the lavender and let the oil cool a bit before I apply it to my hair. I usually let it cool for 5 minutes.Before I apply it to my hair I wash my hair thoroughly. Then I apply the oil to my hair (I try to put a little extra on my ends) and put on a shower cap to let the oil condition my hair. You can do it my mother鈥檚 way, and wrap a towel around your head over the shower cap. That makes it get REALLY hot up there! The oil is supposed to be good for dry hair and dandruff. I like the lavender because it smells really nice. Also, it supposedly calms the nervous system and helps you relax.
So, I actually do not have brittle nails. From what I hear there is some evidence that vitamin B may help with brittle nails. Since, I take vitamin B every morning that could be the reason I do not have this problem. According to the NIH (National Institutes of Health), low levels of zinc and iron can contribute to this problem. So, a nice multi vitamin or vitamin supplements may help. Then, of course, there is the old school method of strengthening nails鈥ating more gelatin ';
- http://backtobasics-talia.com/?p=102
preferably an at home remedy =/??Cuticles and skin around nails....?
I feel your pain! I also bit my nails and cuticles as a nervous habit. =(
But 2 things that helped me out greatly... Neosporan to patch the broken skin, and olive oil to soften the skin.
Brittle nails?
';So, if you are like me, you somtimes have dry hair and/or brittle nails. If I am looking for a home treatment for dry hair, I microwave some olive oil and apply it to my hair and let it sit for a bit. This is what I call my Home Hot Oil Treatment:
1/8 cup olive oil
a few sprigs of lavender
shampoo
shower cap
towel
I put the olive oil in a pan on medium heat. It takes about 2 minutes to get hot. Then I add the lavender. I let it sizzle in the pan for about 3-5 minutes. Then I take out the lavender and let the oil cool a bit before I apply it to my hair. I usually let it cool for 5 minutes.Before I apply it to my hair I wash my hair thoroughly. Then I apply the oil to my hair (I try to put a little extra on my ends) and put on a shower cap to let the oil condition my hair. You can do it my mother鈥檚 way, and wrap a towel around your head over the shower cap. That makes it get REALLY hot up there! The oil is supposed to be good for dry hair and dandruff. I like the lavender because it smells really nice. Also, it supposedly calms the nervous system and helps you relax.
So, I actually do not have brittle nails. From what I hear there is some evidence that vitamin B may help with brittle nails. Since, I take vitamin B every morning that could be the reason I do not have this problem. According to the NIH (National Institutes of Health), low levels of zinc and iron can contribute to this problem. So, a nice multi vitamin or vitamin supplements may help. Then, of course, there is the old school method of strengthening nails鈥ating more gelatin ';
- http://backtobasics-talia.com/?p=102
My nails are flaky and cuticles are long, help?
How can I help my nails and what causes them to do this? My nails are flaky at the ends and it's kind of grossing me out. Plus, my curticles are very long. I get a manicure from my sister, and latley she's been noticing that their beggining to flake a bit. It's been getting worse. She pushes back the cuticle everytime she does my nails but they just keep growing like crazy! I mean, the're about an inch long.
What Causes It?
How To Stop It Or Treat it?
And Further Advice?
Thank you so much.My nails are flaky and cuticles are long, help?
You need to take more vitamins. Especially vitamin E.
You can buy vitamin E oil at your regular grocery store. I have the same problem and I use the oil right before bed. It really helps with the flaking. I would keep cutting your nails until they aren't as long so that the flaking doesn't continue up the nail. It's better if you just cut it all off.My nails are flaky and cuticles are long, help?
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What Causes It?
How To Stop It Or Treat it?
And Further Advice?
Thank you so much.My nails are flaky and cuticles are long, help?
You need to take more vitamins. Especially vitamin E.
You can buy vitamin E oil at your regular grocery store. I have the same problem and I use the oil right before bed. It really helps with the flaking. I would keep cutting your nails until they aren't as long so that the flaking doesn't continue up the nail. It's better if you just cut it all off.My nails are flaky and cuticles are long, help?
BUY SOME HAIR SKIN NAILS VITAMINS FROM GNC
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