Manicure ?Top Tips for Healthy Nails
A manicure is a beauty treatment for your fingernails and hands. In its simplest form a manicure involves shaping and filing of the nails followed by the application of nail polish.
Other types of manicure may include specific treatments aimed at softening the hands and stimulating nail growth.
Getting to Know Your Nails
Your nails can tell a lot about your bodys internal health. Healthy nails suggest a healthy body, while ridged; dented, unusually colored or shaped nails can be a sign of ill health.
Nails protect the sensitive skin of the fingertips and toes from injury and are made up of layers of protein called keratin.
Each nail comprises:-
Nail plate ?the visible hard portion you see
Nail folds ?the surrounding skin that frames the plate on three sides
Nail bed ?the skin beneath the nail plate
Cuticle ?the tissue that overlaps the nail plate at the base
Matrix – the hidden area under the cuticle where growth takes…
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