Cuticle advice?

larmy16

Freyasmum have you any idea why I don't have any lunula?!! Sounds so strange. I only have them on my thumb nails.

I have tried to push the cuticles back but there still does not appear to be any on my nails and it gets too painful to keep pushing them further back.

freyasmum

larmy16 wrote: »

Freyasmum have you any idea why I don't have any lunula?!! Sounds so strange. I only have them on my thumb nails.

I have tried to push the cuticles back but there still does not appear to be any on my nails and it gets too painful to keep pushing them further back.

Not all nails have a visible lunula (which is actually quite a good thing as, being a softer part of the nail plate, it's quite susceptible to damage), though they are there. Sometimes they're just located slightly further back (and thicker nails have less noticeable lunulae too). It's nothing to worry about

You should be careful not too push the eponychium too far back as this is what forms a seal between the skin and nail and prevents bacteria entering. Not to mention it blooming hurts!



I would also like to clarify from my last post that though they're both skin the eponychium is living tissue, the cuticle is not - which is why, like hair and the nails themselves, they can be removed. Just in case I gave the impression that the cuticle wasn't skin!

Bronnie

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the replies, I'll see if I can find some of that Flexitol stuff in Superdrug at lunchtime, simply because it's the most accessible! I'll see how I go![/QUOTE

You've inspired me to pay a bit more attention so I've just bought the Flexitol Cuticle and Nail Cream today. It's for toenails but I'm sure it'll be ok for hands as well. It's on BOGOHalfPrice (how do you write that...sure there's a way?!) in Boots, so I also got a tube of the Flexitol heel balm in readiness for winter as it works amazingly on cracked heels and cracked hands.

I think they've changed the formula on the heel balm...it's less gunky and unctuous than it was I'm sure. Hope it's still as good

larmy16

I went to bed last night with Waitrose baby bottom butter slathered over my hands and nails (wearing gloves of course). My hands feel good today and the cuticles are softer.

Another hint I read about was to use plain chapstick on the cuticles.