Wednesday, October 15, 2008

LEMON AND CARING OF NAILS AND HANDS

Pure lemon juice will protect hands from becoming coarse if you regularly work in a garden or a kitchen garden. It is recommended to rub hands with a lemon juice or a squeezed lemon. Even after massaging your hands with squeezed lemon pulp will make your skin soft and will "erases" potato, vegetables and fruit stains out of your fingers.

Lemon can remove nicotine stains from fingers. You should wipe fingers with a pumice to moisten with lemon juice three times a day for some days. A lemon helps to get rid of humidity and disposition to sweating. One has to carefully wash and wipe hands with a mix of 5 parts of alcohol and 1 part of a lemon juice not less than three times every day.

If your nails are fragile it means lack of vitamin C and calcium in organism. To have strong nails it is recommended to use more milk products, carrots, tomato juice and to wipe nails with lemon juice. Your nails will become stronger and shining. However, do not overuse lemon juice. It can provoke chinks on your nails.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Nail Fungus. How to Get Rid of It Fast.


Fungus can appear on nails. If you have fake nails over your real nails, you risk to have fungi. So, if your solution to prevent nail fungi from developing is to wear fake nails, it will not work at all. Acrylic nails will only hide the fungus, but it cannot stop it from developing.

If fungi are growing in your nails, you will be glad to know that nail fungi are treatable, and there are several methods by which you can get rid of them. One of the best ways to effectively treat nail fungus, if you are having acrylic nails on top of your real nails, is to remove your acrylic nails first. Remember that you can not treat the fungus with an ointment or cream if it is hidden behind your artificial nails. Once you have done so, you will need to cut your real nails as short as possible so that you can apply an antifungal agent on the affected nails.

You can also take doctor-prescribed medications or go for alternative medicines. Reportedly, there are quite a lot of plants that have powerful antifungal properties. If you’d rather go for this option, then you should start looking for plants with tea-tree oil because tea-tree oil not only has excellent antifungal properties, but it also works well as an antibacterial or antiviral. Alternative meds for nail fungus are natural, and they often come in topical preparations.

Before beginning any treatment, however, be sure that what you are suffering from is really nail fungus and not something else. There are some other disorders of the nails that may exhibit similar characteristics as nail fungi, so, it is always advisable to consult a dermatologist to be sure that you are applying the right treatment.