Tips for hands and nails

Whether a strong handshake or gentle stroking, whether virtuoso playing on the piano or safe access when climbing: Our hands are almost constantly in use. The usual handshake on greeting also makes it our business card, because well-groomed hands make the counterpart a good impression. But to ensure that your hands always look good despite the many burdens of everyday life, regular hand care is a must. With our tips, your hands will stay young and silky for a long time.

Wash hands properly

Our hands come in contact with many pollutants and bacteria in the course of a day. That is why it is important to wash your hands regularly and thoroughly. This keeps your hands visually clean and prevents illnesses

Take your time washing your hands (WHO recommendation: 20 seconds) and do not forget the fingertips and the spaces between your fingers. Too hot water dries out the skin, while cold water cleans worse. Therefore lukewarm to warm water is recommended for your hand wash. Soap is of course indispensable here

Hand cream: moisturizing and nourishing cosmetics for dry hands

The skin of our hands is comparatively thin. Subcutaneous fatty tissue and sebaceous glands are hardly found on the hands. As a result, hands tend to dry, sometimes cracked skin

Even the frequent hand washing contributes to dry hands, since just with too hot water and the protective layer of moisture is washed off. Therefore, you should support your hands with cosmetics or more precisely with a nourishing hand cream. It provides the hands with additional moisture and can also smooth and soothe chapped skin. It is important that the hand cream feeds very quickly. So you can quickly use your hands again, without leaving greasy marks everywhere

However, you should not overdo it with the cream: if too much moisture is supplied from outside, the skin of the hands shuts down their sebum production. So the hands are already very dry shortly after creaming. In normal weather, in most cases, creaming three times a day is enough

Save your hands

An important step towards well-groomed hands is the avoidance of unnecessary burdens. Especially when cleaning and rinsing the hands are heavily challenged: they keep coming into contact with hot water and aggressive cleaning agents

Save your hands

Both dry out the hands and can even lead to chapped skin. Wear gloves while doing housework. Your hands will thank you

Also, the frequent change between cold and warm air does not do the hands well. Especially in winter, the contrast between cold outside temperatures and heated rooms can clog them up. In addition, the sebaceous glands of the skin retract their production in cold weather. That's why your hands need special attention in the cold season. Keep your hands warm with gloves when you are going out for long periods of time and treat yourself with extra care

Support firm nails

Even firm, well-groomed fingernails are an important part of beautiful hands. But if you follow our tips for well-groomed hands, you also do your nails a great favor: Wear gloves while cleaning and rinsing and avoid washing your hands with hot water

Even the permanent use of nail polish does not do your nails well. Painted nails look nice, but this form of cosmetics leaves little air through. The subsequent use of nail polish remover can also be a burden. So that your nails do not become soft and brittle, you should treat them to regular breaks of the nail polish

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Nutrients for firm nails

Fingernails and toenails renew themselves regularly and are dependent on different nutrients. Due to its role in cell metabolism and cell renewal, silicon is of particular importance here. Zinc and selenium also make an important contribution

Care from the outside for fingernails and cuticles

The cuticle protects your sensitive nail bed from bacteria and fungal infections. However, if it dries out, unpleasant and painful cracks may form. But with silicon and nourishing oils you can support dry cuticles and brittle nails from the outside. To promote shine and firmness of the nails and protect the skin around the nail from dehydration