Inflammation of the nail cuticle occurs with the development of adverse symptoms. This article will help to understand what causes lead to this pathology and how to carry out treatment.
Why is it damaged?
The skin roller that surrounds the nail plate is called the cuticle. Epithelial cells are involved in its formation. These cells are gradually updated. The cuticle is an important anatomical element that protects the inner surface of the nail from various injuries.
Inflammation of the cuticle can occur for various reasons.
- Various traumatic injuries often lead to this. For example, it often happens that the cuticle is inflamed after a manicure. Processing the cuticle with untreated tools can also lead to its suppuration. If the inflammation is strong enough, it can even lead to an abscess.
The cuticle can inflame not only on the fingers, but also on the legs. This often results in poorly performed pedicure. It is very important that this procedure is carried out only with instruments that have been thoroughly disinfected. It is quite easy to damage the cuticle; all you need is just a couple of careless movements. That is why it is very important that an experienced master conduct a pedicure.
- The bad habit of gnawing nails also leads to damage to the cuticle. She usually appears in childhood. So, some people, nervous, begin to bite the nails, which leads to damage to the cuticle. Many parents in this case make many different attempts in order to save the baby from this.
As a rule, they begin to lubricate baby's fingers with various substances that have a bitter taste. However, this method to remove a bad habit is not suitable. It is better in this case to show the child to the psychologist. In this situation, a qualified work of a specialist is required in order to teach a child to deal with stress.
- Insufficient nail care is another factor that can damage the cuticle. So, if you do not treat these areas with special means, they can become very dry later. In order to get rid of severe dryness, you should lubricate the cuticle with special oils or creams. These products nourish dry skin, which makes it look better.
How to treat?
It is better to treat the inflamed cuticle when it is not badly damaged. In this case, you can achieve results fairly quickly. If the cuticle is severely damaged, and its treatment has not been performed for a long time, then in this case a longer therapy is required. In some cases, it may even take several months to restore the beauty of the nails.
- A good way to restore the cuticle, which is inflamed, are baths with the addition of potassium permanganate. Moreover, one such treatment procedure per day is quite enough. The duration of the bath should be 12-15 minutes. After completing such a restorative procedure, hands should be thoroughly dried.
After that, the damaged cuticle must be treated with special ointments. For this you can use, for example, "Levomekol." This tool effectively cope with the resulting inflammation, and also contributes to the speedy healing of inflamed skin. In order for the drug not to be erased, a fixing bandage should be applied to the finger. For this fit the usual bandage.
- It is important to note that the treatment of inflammation of the cuticle at home is possible only if complications have not developed. For example, a strong suppuration may cause an abscess. If such a pathological condition has appeared, then only a surgeon should conduct its therapy. This condition is extremely dangerous, so only an experienced doctor should treat it.
- The site of traumatic injury to the cuticle can be treated with the means of "Miramistin". It helps to reduce the severity of the inflammatory process, and also helps reduce the risk of secondary infection. After treatment with this drug, a bandage dressing should be applied to the sore finger. You can do this procedure 1-2 times a day. Before treating the inflamed cuticle, hands should be washed thoroughly with gentle soap.
- When inflammation of the skin rollers can be used and various popular methods. So, for treatment, you can use compresses made from aloe. Make them pretty simple. For this, a couple of leaves of a succulent plant need to be cut and squeezed out of them juice. After that, a piece of bandage, folded in half, should be moistened in vegetable juice and applied to the site of inflammation. Then you need to additionally compress the bandage. If desired, you can simply put a cut piece of aloe on the area of inflammation. As a rule, after 2-3 treatment procedures, the healing of the inflamed cuticle begins.
- Promote the healing of skin rollers and baths with oak bark. A decoction of oak bark contains a complex of various substances that help to heal the inflamed nails.
Prevention
In order that the cuticle always remains beautiful and well-groomed, should follow certain recommendations.
- Regularly carry out hygienic hand care. Wash your hands better with soap that does not contain aggressive ingredients.
- With increased dryness of the cuticle, it should be treated with special nourishing and moisturizing agents. For this you can use a variety of oils, as well as creams.
People who bite their nails in the excitement, you should definitely contact a psychologist. This habit is usually long lasting and is characterized by the fact that it is difficult for a person to cope with various stresses. In this case, only an experienced specialist can help.
- Manicure should only be processed tools. If the instrument was infected with some pathogenic microbes, then the risk of infection is quite high. If a manicure is carried out not at home, but in a beauty salon or nail studio, you should definitely ask the master how the instrument was disinfected.
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