Fucking nails
30 Jul 2023 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneIt's so annoying how long it takes to trim my nails!
If I just cut them, rather than filing them with a glass file, they're too brittle and the edges chip and flake, which can lead to tearing. I try to cut them a little first to make the filing take less time, but this also usually results in at least a few chips.
If I don't push the cuticles back they tear and ultimately get infected. They have to be oiled first to prevent tears, then carefully scraped only a short distance. I usually end up with at least one torn anyway. Using a glass cuticle pusher helps some, but not enough to prevent that.
Being wet softens the nails so much that I have to wait a whole day after bathing even to file them, let alone cut them, or they'll tear in the process.
And it feels like every time I finish and the places where they hurt because I accidentally tore or nicked something heal, they're suddenly too long and I have to start over.
If I just cut them, rather than filing them with a glass file, they're too brittle and the edges chip and flake, which can lead to tearing. I try to cut them a little first to make the filing take less time, but this also usually results in at least a few chips.
If I don't push the cuticles back they tear and ultimately get infected. They have to be oiled first to prevent tears, then carefully scraped only a short distance. I usually end up with at least one torn anyway. Using a glass cuticle pusher helps some, but not enough to prevent that.
Being wet softens the nails so much that I have to wait a whole day after bathing even to file them, let alone cut them, or they'll tear in the process.
And it feels like every time I finish and the places where they hurt because I accidentally tore or nicked something heal, they're suddenly too long and I have to start over.
