Women watch themselves very carefully - to the fingertips. Sometimes, when doing a manicure, you can find that fingernails are folded on the hands - the causes of this cosmetic defect are very numerous. In some cases, simply change the diet and provide nail plates enhanced care. But more often this pathology is provoked by serious disorders of health and functioning of internal organs.
External causes of the problem or why nails are cut off in healthy women?
If there are no diseases, and the cosmetic defect does not disappear even after the application of special creams and oils, one should pay attention to their daily activities, such as washing dishes and cleaning.
Here, as a rule, to find out, in view of what reasons the nails have begun to split up is not difficult:
- Tap water. Contact nail plates with various additives for disinfection, for example, with chlorine, leads to their drying, cracking and delamination.
- Detergents. Any products for disinfection and cleaning of premises, car treatment, are aggressive, so they injure nails and provoke the problem in question. Especially if during washing, increase the load on the nail plates, trying to scrape something off.
- Professional activity. Women working in hazardous industries are more likely to encounter nail delamination due to constant contact with toxic compounds.
In addition, a cosmetic defect can be the result of the habit of biting the nail plates, as well as improper care of the fingertips:
- blunt scissors or forceps;
- metal file;
- improper setting of tools for manicure;
- sawing of nail plates on the sides;
- intensive grinding;
- liquid for removing varnish with acetone;
- lack of polishing of the edge of the nail plate;
- frequent build-up and correction;
- improper removal of gel-varnish.
What are the reasons for the nails to crack?
Expressed stratification usually indicates a deficiency of some nutrients in the body. Nail plates consist of fibrillar proteins or keratin, for the production of which you need:
- cysteine;
- glycine;
- alanine.
In addition to these amino acids, the normal state of nails requires trace elements:
- magnesium;
- calcium;
- sulfur;
- phosphorus;
- silicon;
- iron;
- chromium;
- selenium;
- zinc.
Also, damage to the nail plates provokes a deficiency of vitamins - A, D, C, E, and group B (B1, B3, B5).
What is the reason if your nails are very loose?
Some women face a situation when neither the correction of the diet, nor the intake of vitamin-mineral complexes, nor the careful care of the fingertips help either. If all of the above conditions are still very much nail polish, the reason is probably the development of internal diseases.
The described defect can be a characteristic or indirect sign of the following pathologies:
- allergic reaction;
- heart problems and cardiovascular system;
- bacterial or viral infection;
- fungal infection;
- high blood glucose;
- anemia;
- diseases of the thyroid and pancreas;
- inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract;
- kidney disease;
- failure in the liver and gallbladder;
- decreased immunity;
- diabetes;
- hyper- and hypothyroidism ;
- overwork, stress;
- circulatory disorders;
- changes in the hormonal balance;
- excessive concentration of cholesterol in the blood.
Self-diagnosis of one of the listed diseases is impossible, so to confirm the suspicion it is better to consult a specialist.