In winter, the fingers are particularly easy to dry. Even if you wipe the hand cream every day, the barbs will inevitably grow out. If you tear them off, they will regenerate. It's unbearable. In fact, finger raw barbed in addition to lack of moisture, there are many reasons. Today, I will help you to disassemble one by one, and say goodbye to barb.
Why do fingers have barbs?
There is a small piece of skin beside the nail, also known as nail around barb, the main reason is because the skin is dry and lack of water, resulting in the proximal or lateral edge of nail fold dry and cracking and warping. The periungual skin is slightly different from other skin of the hand, lacking of hair follicles, thin and without dermatoglyphics and sebaceous glands. Therefore, in addition to insufficient moisturizing, the following habits will stimulate the finger skin and easily cause skin cracking:
1. Frequent contact with irritant materials, such as washing dishes, washing clothes, etc.
2. Often do manicure, scrape off the nail skin.
3. Fingers are often rubbed, such as playing ball games.
4. Wash hands too often, resulting in excessive removal of cuticle surface grease, cuticle loss of protection and peeling.
Small barb, great harm
"Barbed" is only a superficial skin injury, which is not enough to be a disease. However, if it is not handled properly, for example, the wrong direction of tearing out the barb will lead to the larger and deeper tearing, resulting in deep skin damage. The hand is the most part of the human body that contacts with external objects every day. Although the stab wound is small, it also opens the door for the invasion of bacteria.
Once infected, it may cause paronychia, infranail abscess or purulent phalitis. Some need to remove nails, some need to cut and drain pus. In severe cases, osteomyelitis may occur. If the bacteria spread through the blood circulation to the whole body, it may cause sepsis. Some people pay the price of amputation for this. Although it is very few, it can not be prevented.
Tips for preventing barb
Generally, barbs can be eliminated by normal metabolism. Do not tear them off by force. Otherwise, it will not only leave an opening, but also cause inflammation and swelling of bacteria. Want to prevent barbed, it is necessary to pay attention to protect the skin of the hand, but also pay attention to add more beneficial vitamins to the skin.
1. Vaseline hand guard, pay attention to the edge of nails
Most people only apply hand cream on their hands in a wide range, ignoring the edge of the fingers. They should carefully rub the hand cream on the fingernails and fingertips. Vaseline can also be applied to the edge of nails to enhance the moisturizing effect.
2. Wear gloves when contacting irritant materials
Detergent, washing clothes, etc. contain irritant substances, and can also take excessive hand grease. Gloves should be worn to isolate irritant substances when washing dishes and washing clothes.
3. Vitamin supplement
Lack of vitamin B2, B6 and so on can lead to seborrheic dermatitis and dry lip, and lack of vitamin C will make the wound healing poor, easy to crack and so on. Should eat vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, help skin health, reduce the occurrence of barbed.
4. Cut off the barbs with a sharp and clean nail knife
It is not only painful but also bleeding and easy to infect. Should be cut along the barbed root with a sharp nail knife, let it heal by itself.
