How to properly cut your toenails

How to cut your toenails according to the rules? Tools are treated with alcohol, legs are steamed. Dissolved nails are cut not very shortly, by small dashes, without touching the corners. The corners are removed with a nail file.

Are there rules for cutting nails on my legs? It would seem that for the question, only small children do not know how to cut their nails. If the nails are cut incorrectly, you can put an infection or contribute to ingrown nails. Fingernails require attention and observance of the rules of cutting, since an ingrown nail leads to inflammation, suppuration and deformation of the finger.

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Very often the nails can be brittle. Before the procedure, prepare tools and legs for treatment. Scissors or tweezers must be wiped with cotton wool soaked in alcohol, and the legs are steamed in hot water with the addition of soda. After steaming, the nails will become softer, and they will not break. The first ban can be attributed to the fact that it is not necessary to cut out the nail so that an oval shape is obtained. Such manipulations can injure the skin, cause a change in the growth path of the nail.

The nails are carefully peeled off with scissors, observing the natural shape without touching the corners. Corners, carefully, without effort and pressure on the nail plate, are removed with a nail file. Take care that the nails are not cut very short. Cutting the nail under the root injures the fingertips.