A neat appearance provides for care not only for the skin and hair, but also for the nails. When doing a home pedicure it is important to know how to properly cut the nails on the legs, because a violation of technology often leads to ingrown nail plate. This becomes not only unaesthetic, but also can lead to the onset of infection.
How to cut nails on legs?
Nails should be regularly cut because they should be kept in order and clean. In a month they grow about 4 mm. Their correct cropping affects the growth rate, as well as the appearance.
First of all, you need to find the right manicure accessories . It is better to use nippers or manicure scissors for such purposes. The main thing is that the tool is of high quality, otherwise you can injure the skin and nail plates.
Let's figure out how to properly cut your nails:
- Before the procedure, the legs should be held for a while in a warm bath, adding water to shower gel, essential oils, emollient emollients or sea salt. 2
- Then the feet are dried with a towel and start to shear. The nippers are parallel to the cuticle. Nails are shaped evenly, without curving the ends. This will prevent the plate from growing into the skin.
- It will be enough to leave at least half a millimeter of free edge to protect your fingers from possible damage. However, it is impossible to cut the nails under the root, there is a possibility of damage to the skin. Too long edges, too, should not be left, since they will always break off.
- At the final stage, align the nail plates with a nail file. When processing, it must be kept strictly perpendicular to the edge of the nail.
How to cut an ingrown nail?
The problem must be addressed immediately. If there is no possibility of contacting the doctor, then they carry out the disinfection procedures themselves. When an ingrown nail appears, a wound is formed in which microbes accumulate causing inflammation. Therefore, you need to take a foot bath with furatsilinom or chlorhexidine solution. This will help wash the dirt and disinfect the wound.
Before you start cutting the ingrown nail, you can lubricate the affected area with a levomechol ointment or cream with sintomycin. However, it is not recommended to resort to them more than twice, since the substances contained in them can increase the growth of the skin.
The edge of the nail is slightly incised in the center. The nail plate will tend to coalesce, because it will shrink to the middle, freeing the skin.