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What are Hangnails?

Hangnails are torn pieces of dried skin or cuticle that are between the nail and the finger.

hangnails The hangnail can become very painful and can lead to infection if not properly removed.

Proper nail care for both fingernails and toenails can prevent hangnails as well as the pain that goes along with them.

The most beneficial prevention for hangnails is moisturization; using lotions daily will help prevent the dried split off skin from catching and ripping the live skin it is attached to.

Hangnails that are ripped from the fingernail or toenail can become inflamed, infected or become susceptible to a fungal infection.

Fungal infections can be difficult to cure once it sets in and if not treated correctly or immediately can require treatments such as ZetaClear, Funginix or Healing Natural Oils.

Stringent treatment as well as prevention of further fungal infections will then be required to prevent additional fungal infections once the fungus sets in.

Keeping your fingernails and toenails clean and dry as well as moisturized are all important steps to proper nail health.

How many times have we slid our hand into a glove only to be halted by the intense pain of our skin ripping as it catches on the glove.

Whether the hangnail is caused from our cuticles becoming dry and tearing from the nail bed, which in itself is painless, or whether we have bitten our nails to the point of tearing the cuticle; the hangnail takes life skin with it.

The ripping of the live skin is the source of the pain when the hangnail catches on our clothing, gloves or blankets.

As the live skin is irritated it can become inflamed and if untreated can become infected. Restraining yourself from biting your nails as well as keeping your cuticles from drying out will prevent a hangnail from occurring.

Picking and pulling at the hangnail pulls live skin that is attached to the nail bed up creating an open wound that leads directly into the nail bed.

This can create a painful infection as well as creating a breeding ground for nail fungus. If a fungal infection occurs within the nail bed it is difficult to treat as the nail it self will protect the fungus from treatment. Proper removal as well as prevention of a hangnail is crucial to nail health.

The hangnail should be clipped with a pair of sharp nail scissors or clippers and not pulled out. Clipping the hangnail with prevent it from catching on your clothing, gloves or blankets and pulling the live skin.

Preventing hangnails is generally as simple as using lotion or hand cream regularly paying special attention to the cuticle and not biting your nails or cuticles.

Most hand creams and lotions will be sufficient in keeping the hands and cuticles moist enough to prevent hangnails.

If however, your cuticles continue to become dry and split creating hangnails natural oil such as sunflower oil can be rubbed into the cuticle several times a day. This will keep the skin soft and healthy.