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"Tips To Help You Look & Feel Your Best"
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The skin on fingertips are protected by nails...
Nails are dead cells and made of protein called keratin...
Feeding nutrients to the nails go beyond the surface...
The surface of a nail is called the nail plate...
The cuticle is the skin that grows from the finger onto the base
of the nail (nail root)...
Nail moons are found at the base of the nails. They are also known
as lunule...
Small or no moons may indicate low metabolism while large moons may
indicate an active metalbolism...
Nail moons disappear with age...
The average growth rate a day is 0.1 mm...
Nails grow fastest on the more active hand...
Nails grow faster during summer and pregnancy...
Young people grow nails at a faster rate...
Fingernails grow at least 2 times faster than toenails...
Weather, activity, hormonal changes and age all have an effect on
the rate of nail growth...
With age nails tend to thicken, harden, grow slower and ridges appear...
When a nail is detached from the skin (nail bed), it could take up to
6 months for a fingernail and almost 18 months for a toenail to grow
right back...
Though the appearance of nails could often point to any diet imbalance
or certain health problems, they are most often not sole indicaters
but will be heralded by other more prominent signs and symptoms...
Keeping your hands and nails hydrated will not only keep your hands
looking younger, but help prevent nail brittleness. Use a hand lotion
with sunscreen, and apply it as often as you can during the day and
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