Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-04-23
I'liE FINGER NAILS.
How to Trim Them and How to Avoid Mis-.
abanen Nails. ......

How to Trim Them and How to Avoid Mis-.
shapen Nails.
Few people understand how to cut
their nails" said the young lady
manicure. "a knife or scissors should
never be used. tEim and shape the
nail with a small file, and then carefully
smooth down and bevel the roughened
edges with emery board, which keeps
them from breaking and trains them to
a symmetrical growth. Another impor-
tant point where people neglect their
nails is in allowing the skin to grow out
on the base of the nail. THIS should be
carefully pushed back with a blunt in-
strument at least once week. soak
the hands of my customers in tepid
water few minutes before do this, so
as to soften the outicle, This is neces.
sary, as otherwise it is liable to break.
1t requires great care, as the base of
the nail, which is very sensitive, may be
bruised, or the delicate edge of the skin
broken. Another place where care is
needed is at the sides of the nail, where
it leaves the fingers. Lack of attention
to this either hardens the end of the fin-
ger or produces the untidy and painful
hang nails, which disigure so many
hands. In filing the nails the file should
always be drawn from the finger and to.
ward che end of the nail" t r.
"What are tho hardest things to over
come in operating on hands that have
been neglected." .'
"There are several things. Mothers
sometime make q practice of cutting
their children's nails almost square with
q pair of scissors. That hardens the end
of the finger and produces q misshapen
nail. 1t can be overcome, however, in
time. By filing the nail from the sides
it can be narrowed by degrees to that
filbert shape which is considered the
height of beauty. The finger will still
be blunt, but even that will be remedied
to some extent. Then we have the peo-
pie who bite their finger nails off close.
They arc hard customers to deal with.
The nail is deformcd and brittle, and
care has to be taken ip dealing with it,
Manicures use preparation to stop the
hitting and then correct the other defects
by degrees.
"Do you know there are several dis
eases of the fingcr-nailsp" she contlnu-
ed; "wcIl, there are. One is called
onychia parasitloa, which is much to be
dreaded. IL acts upon the nails by
thickcning and drying them. They
lose theii polish and grow rough and
brittle. With powerful glass tile little
parasites which cause tho trouble can
bc seon growing in among the COM
ponent parts Of the nail. The nail has
n dirty brown color, strcaked with
lines OF darker color, and the nail is
raised up and thickened. Tho disease
is rare, and can only be treated by a
skillful physician, 'n
"rhe white spccAs on the nail, which
we were told as children indicated
gifts, are really nail disease, resulting,
! think, from slight diseases. Hang
nails are where the nail adheres to the
cuticle, and proves more than anything
else the use of the manicure's art.
Hyperthophy often afllicts the nails.
causing an excessive growth and dull,
yellowish coloi, and often produces ex-
treme pain from ingrowing nails and
other irritation. This can be remcdied
by a skilled manicure, but oan not w
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