Stretch marks on your nails are a reflection of your health

Stretch marks on the nails can be an aesthetic problem for some people, but above all they are a reflection of something that is happening in our body. If you have grooved nails, reviewing some habits can help you correct the aesthetic problem and, in addition, it will be good for your health.

why do nails groove

One of the main components of nails, like hair, is keratin, a fibrous protein very rich in sulfur. Several factors can affect its composition and generate stretch marks on the nails:

There’s a lot chemicals that can alter keratin production and generate stretch marks, for example substances present in aggressive cleaning products or in conventional cosmetics full of synthetic substances. Stretch marks on the nails are also related to situations of chronic stresswhich wear out and consume many nutrients. Another possible cause is the food deficitsespecially vitamins A and group B (especially biotin), minerals and trace elements such as iron and zinc, and proteins rich in sulfur amino acids such as cysteine. Stretch marks may also appear on the nails as a result of blows or trauma produced in the area.

Although blows and traumas can give rise to the appearance of stretch marks, if the affectation of the stretch marks is global, a metabolic origin (nutritional or stress), contact with chemical substances or even derived from a disease such as hypothyroidism.

How to prevent nail stretch marks

For all these reasons, it is recommended, first of all, avoid direct contact with cleaning chemicals (wear gloves) or with unnatural cosmetics that contain toxic ingredients.

It is also advisable to follow a balance dietif possible with organic food and plenty of raw nuts (almonds, pine nuts, walnuts…), seeds (pumpkin seeds, sesame…), seaweed, legumes (lentils, soybeans…), quinoa, fruit and vegetables (orange, banana , tomato, carrot, spinach…) and some “food-supplement”, such as brewer’s yeast, pollen or royal jelly.

Take two cups a day, for a few weeks, of horsetail infusion (Equisetum arvense), due to its richness in silicon, helps to strengthen the nails.

To hydrate nails naturally and improve stretch marks, it goes very well massage with cold-pressed olive oil and a few drops of lemon both nails and cuticles, the surrounding skin.