Nail care as an early warning sign for ailments

How familiar are you with your nails? Without looking at your hands, describe your nails. Could you do it? Are you familiar enough with your nails to use them as an early warning sign for your health? Our hands and nails are tools. They should be maintained like tools to ensure their longevity. A nail manicure set can help us perform maintenance on the tools that are our hands and nail. A high quality nail manicure set is an investment not just in beauty but health as well. Sure, regular manicures will make our nails look attractive and clean. But regular care also familiarises us with our nails. So we can quickly detect changes with them.

Did you know that rippled nails may be an early sign of psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis? Do you have puffy nail folds? Did you know that inflammation of the nail fold may be the result of lupus or another connective tissue disorder? But puffy nail folds can also be an indication of an infection of the nail bed. Infection that can result from abusing our hands and nails too much.

Investing in a good nail manicure set and establishing a nail care routine ensures that we maintain our hands and nails against daily wear and tear. If your nails are cracked or split, but you have taken regular care of them, their condition can be a sign of a serious illness. Because dry, brittle nails that frequently crack or split can be a sign of thyroid disease. But we won’t know if our nails are telling us that it is time to visit the doctor if we don’t know how to read them.

Think for a minute what a typical nail manicure set contains. A classic five piece manicure set contains a nail clipper for trimming nails. A pair of nail scissors for a smoother shearing cut with little risk of damage to the nail. Slanted tweezers for pulling out hair, splinters or other irritants. A nail file to grind down and shape the edges of nails. Finally, a cuticle pushes the skin of your cuticles back and away from your nails. Regular use of these tools will familiarise you with your hands and your nails.

With familiarity and care comes confidence. Our hands are important tools and our nails the most visible indicator of how well we care for these tools. Our nails can tell us about our health, but it can also send messages to others. No one wants to shake a hand with discoloured nails, especially since that discolouration can be an indication of fungal infections. However, if we regularly use our nail manicure set to maintain our nails. We will know as early as possible when it is time to see the doctor. We can often stop an infection before it becomes visible to others.

By the same token, knowing that our hands are healthy and attractive meaning that we project confidence when we put forth our hand for a handshake. We know that we don’t have to hide our hands for we have given it the tender love and care with our nail manicure set. A well-maintained tool shows we take pride in that tool. We should be able to take pride in our hands and nail.

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