I ruined my skin recently because I got hooked on the “cuticle”-obsessed influencers. I purchased oils and nippers and scissors and tried to mimic their tutorials. I was in so much pain with raw and torn skin, thinking there was something anatomically weird about my nails. So I did research and saw these diagrams and realized I had been removing and picking with living skin. Thanks for creating this video. There are so many nail influencers without anatomy knowledge spreading misinformation or unintentionally misleading followers because they are vague and aren’t clear with advice. I hope this information becomes more widespread. Thanks again.
I did the same thing and stumbled across her videos and she has educated me so much and I love how detailed she is. I can't believe I've been cutting my living skin all these years and been in pain but now that ive leared the difference from salon life im now healing. Keep the videos coming. I've been doing my own manicures at home and saving lots of money.
Hi can you tell what was your routine I am struggling with same issue and I couldn’t do anything .. I used to cut my live skin and now it’s thick and cloudy around nails.. please help me
I can barely articulate my feelings right now. This has literally changed everything about how I will take care of my nails. I can't thank you enough for sharing and making this so easy to understand! Geez!!!
@@TheSalonLife The difference between my proximal nail fold and my cuticle! I've struggled with picking and biting around my nails since childhood and a few years ago took to bringing a nail kit with me everywhere to nip and "neaten" my cuticles instead of ripping them apart and turns out that's all I was doing anyway! When you showed the diagrams and did your little example I realized that what i was nipping was just creating a vicious cycle of an ugly, dry proximal fold that would drive me to nip and bother it even more creating more, essentially, scar tissue. Even when I would leave my nails alone for a while and my nail folds would look good, so many videos made it seem necessary to clip that bit of skin, calling it the 'cuticle', in order to get a clean looking manicure. So now, I'll just give them some rehab time and use my shea butter.
Before the era of influencers i learned most of my beauty info from magazines and while they were responsible enough to say “cutting your cuticles is bad” they never explained why and they never explained the difference between cuticles and proximal nail folds. So yeah it is life changing she moment you realize the difference!
Thanks to your videos I no longer cut my living skin! I have not had any long stretchy thick dry skin or hangnails since. It took about 10 weeks but with patience I am now enjoying beautiful “cuticles” people think I go to the salon to get perfect manicures but all I do is keep them oiled and push back the skin weekly. There’s hardly even anything to scrape off anymore. SO GRATEFUL! And… saving lots of time and money on nail treatment gimmicks😅
I learned so much and it makes so much sense now. Kinda angry that every salon that I have been to over the years have cut the skin around my nails. The industry needs to be more informed. Thank you for educating us 💕
Hi Dana! I agree but at the same time clients expect extreme "before and afters" and perfection without doing any home care. So that's why I think my videos are showing the consumers what's realistically achievable in 1 service and how important the daily care is.
Very impressive video. I’m a manicurist of 30 years in California and it’s very rare I hear other manicurists that understand basic nail structure. Here in California even 30 years ago we learned nail anatomy. The one thing I would highly recommend with this person is to come in and get a weekly manicure until I see she is on the right track. This has always been my logic with this type of damage, people need support. So this is obviously some habits she has formed and need to gradually stop and that takes time. So when a client comes in they feel a sense of obligation to perform well. They want to get better with undoing these habits. I think with her keeping it super simple with the Kerasal lotion & CND treatment and that’s it. Why because of the open skin and inflamed eponychium. See how that helps after a week and go from there. We truly are like the therapist (trying to help understand the behavior to help correct or improve it), and the manicurist. Also, not expecting miracles but slow and steady progress in the right direction. This could look like 4 steps forward and 2 steps back, but you’re still ahead 2 steps. You should totally do an update on this client…I so wish I could help her. 💕 Great job on this video ‼️
I enjoy a manicure, but I’ve never had one where they didn’t trim the nail fold. In fact the last one I had, they got quite carried away and I left with my nail fold bleeding. It was pretty painful. Plus, they NEVER get the nail shape right. NEVER. All I want is something natural that follows the shape of my nail bed. But I’ve only been happy a couple times. 🤦🏻♀️ Anyway, this video was super informative. I can take what I’ve learned and do it myself.
Anna, please keep doing this series. You’re teaching us so much and it’s so very helpful!! Thank you 💝 (please never apologize for being so thorough - there is nothing extraneous here! We need to understand ALL of what you are sharing!)
Never stop being the cuticle police! 😁❤️ By the way you are so good at explaining things.. it all makes so much sense! I literally feel like I attended a biology class after watching this video. You made me passionate about nails .. (yes I've been binge watching your videos for a week or so), and I just signed up for an official 8 month training to become a manicurist, here in the Netherlands. Thank you ❤
Wow! This is so helpful! I didn’t realize there was a difference between the cuticle and the skin around the nail. The skin near my cuticles is hard, so I pick at it which causes it to stay hard to protect itself. A never ending situation. This makes so much sense. Thank you very much!
Definitely something I’ve been working on for several years. I find when I go through really anxious/stressful times that unconscious picking habit comes back and my thumbs look like this and worse. Diligent manicures, a quick clean with blue cross rather than going crazy with cutters, and lots of moisturizing oils/lotions within reach when I find myself picking have helped. Car, desk, coffee table, night stand. For hangnails I carefully trim and use liquid bandage to help it from catching or tearing further and keeping it clean.
I’ve been suffering with hand nail issues for five years now. No nail technician or Dr. (regular or dermatologist) has given me any real help. I’m so grateful to have fallen upon your channel and received this valuable information. Finally I have found a path forward to healthier nails. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! 💞
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION! I will never ever cut my nail folds again. No matter how badly I want to while I wait until they repair themselves😀
Wow, turns out I don't have cuticles and my issue is with the PNF 😮 Why is it then that a lot of nail technicians cut my PNF?? I am slightly horrified and angry. My PNF is so dry, ragged and torn and splits easily, catching on all sorts of things. Thank God I have found your channel. Starting my journey to nicer nails at 59 yrs old ☺️
Thank you so much for generously sharing your knowledge with everyone! I have been doing my nails for…. forever, and I literally had NO idea I was causing more harm than good by buffing (a lot)! I never knew what a cuticle really was, amazing eye opener! I am learning so much from your videos! Thank you!!
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Thank you for sharing this information. I wore sculptured nails for years and it severely damaged my nails. Manicurists where I live always cut what I thought was the cuticle (Now I know it is the skin fold). I’ve tried doing my own nails, but never knew what I was doing wrong. I feel so much more equipped to take care of my nails myself. Thank you for your generosity in sharing this!!!!!!! It is such a shame that so many nail salons ignore or don’t care about the damage they are doing.
This is so useful. Great to give people the science behind this and dispel myths that abound about cuticle and nail care. Your mission should save nails!!! Well done
Thank you Ruth! No wonder that there is so much confusion because the information out there is very scarse and doesn’t make much sense. Thanks to Doug Schoon’s hard work and research now it makes so much more sense
Anna, never apologize for your passion! What a wealth of information. I hope this person takes your advice, my nails have never been as healthy as they are since I met you! Thank you for everything you do, your passion is inspiring
Your video popped for me today and I couldn’t be happier to hear your passion for nail anatomy. I suffer with hang nails, and terrible cuticles. I push them back, trim only when I need to and nothing fixes it. I am a nurse and the hand sanitizer is killing my skin
Wow I wish that I had seen this video 24 hrs prior to now. My nail skin is always doing this. I finally found time to put some poly gel nails on for the first time in like 8 years here at home. I manicured my nails prior to doing so and literally cut off all that white skin thinking it was cuticles. Never ever again. You've definitely changed my life. Thank you!!
I NEVER watch nail vids, but THIS was SO informative! I love this series and you are now my go-to nail guru. I'm a jeweler with very "challenged" nails. Thanks for this channel. ❤️👍
I so appreciate your commitment to the science of this! I’ve been getting into self-nail care for about a year but until I found your channel I was still confused about how to properly and safely care for my “cuticle.” The Olive and June method is the closest to what you’ve taught me - they suggest just push back your cuticle and moisturize and buff the lower nail but the skin around my nails just wasn’t looking great and I needed to know the what and the why. Because I didn’t have regular nail care before, I did have that stretching of the proximal nail fold onto the nails a bit and I would just infrequently push it back and end up with a lot of raggedy pieces around the nail. After watching your videos it all finally clicked! I now regularly push back the proximal nail fold, all the time! And moisturize with oil and/or lotion every single time I get my hands wet as Anna suggests then once a week I remove the ACTUAL tiny bit of cuticle from the nail with an orange stick or scraper. And finally my nails look so pretty, healthy and amazing. Now I’m trying a dimethyl urea based strengthener (Olive and June) to try to grow them a little longer. Thank you Anna! Side note, I use the same Shaka fluide LRP sunscreen as you I order it from Europe to US because it’s the best sunscreen in the world. That and Riemann P20 Suncare for Kids.
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Thank you so much for this information! I had no idea about the different between the proximal nail fold and the cuticle. Now it makes perfect sense why I’ve struggled so much with the skin around my nails being ragged and unhealthy. No matter what I did, the skin (what I thought was cuticle) just grew back harder and thicker. And in my quest to get rid of what I thought was the cuticle, I’ve probably been damaging the unexposed growing nail which then would explain why my nails grow out to be thin and easily broken.
Thank you so much for this info! I have paid so much money over the years to manicurists who would not listen to me about 'cutting' the cuticle! I had to start doing my own nails due to 'hangnails', cuts, and irregular skin growth. You are a breath of fresh air!
Everything you have said about living skin makes perfect sense. A long time ago before having my first pedicure I never had issues with callouses. I noticed after I had a pedicure that I started forming callouses. So naturally I thought I have to remove those callouses with a foot file. It is a never ending cycle. But I’m going to try your advice with my fingernails because I’m guilty of cutting the living skin but I’m also going to try regular maintenance with the soles of my feet too and see what happens.
I have just done my training for manicure/pedicure and I have learnt more from this one video than my training. No more 'nipping the cuticle off'. for my clients. Thank you so much.
Hi Anna, I just wanted to thank you for all of the information that you are sharing. I used to cut my proximal nail fold skin and was very addicted to nippers. After watching a couple of you videos, I put it away and started applying oil very frequently and started to remove cuticle with the remover. And guess what? My nails have never been looking so good. It's been a couple of weeks now that I started this new nail routine and I'm noticing that the skin is shrinking. So again thank you so much.
I am so grateful for your videos! After only 2 weeks of using a nail oil and CeraVe lotion regularly, I already see improvement. Your explanations are excellent.
This is the best explanation of what is cuticle and what is not. I wish they had taught us this way in school. Thank you It is ao much easier to identify the cuticle now.
I’m new to your channel, wanted to say thank you , it is such an Important lesson! I have very sensitive nails and manicurist always damaged my nails , and now I know why… and because of you , I’m thinking of doing it myself. Sending you lots of love and appreciation!!
I appreciate the scientific approach and thorough explanation you gave in this video!! I've been struggling with torn-up skin around my nails for years. After watching this, I went out and bought a nail oil, hand cream, and kerasal ointment. 24 hours later, my hands are looking SO much better and healthier. This video is quite literally life-changing. Thank you!!!
I am a notorious nail picker. It also doesn't help that I have nail eczema which develops hard/scaly skin I love picking at. Have been following your advice. So simple (requires dedication though!). It has changed my world. My nails are so much better now and it has only been 2 weeks. Thank you.
I’m so glad I found your channel! I’m on the journey officially today to healing my pnf! No more trimming! I had no idea what I had learned was totally wrong and actually doing more harm than good. Just hoping that with patience and time my pnf can heal and be healthy again
Finally, someone who explained what is happening to my nails and skin around the nails!!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you for the list of recommended products to help.
This video is worth watching a few times. Never saw anyone to treat this topic in such an easy way. I applied the cream while watching the video, and right away my skin feels much better. I will keep my cerave by my desk from now on. Thank you.
i used to give myself manicures and couldnt figure out why most of my nails were traumatised, bleeding and swollen afterward. I was cutting off living skin and didnt know! I dont know why the algorithm started showing me your videos but im glad it did
Outstanding video, Anna! Please keep such educational nail/skin analysis videos coming, I find each one of them fascinating for so many different reasons and have identified what used to happen to my nails and why. You've taught me everything I know about nail/hand care and I have the sweet looking nails and healthy, pain-free skin to prove it. I'm also quite sure you're the only nail expert on RUclips who provides research-based instruction like you do. Thank you for the thorough explanations of care and helpful products. Kerasal is my absolute favorite product for use on both my hands and feet at night and I wouldn't have understood the usefulness of good oils and occlusive treatment like I now do without you and MSL.
What a FANTASTIC video!!! You gave us some wonderful information and I love how you took the time to explain everything! Some things I knew but many I did not, so this was very helpful to me. I take great care of my nails but at certain times of the year I will have these issue of dry skin and will sometimes result in the skin tearing. Thank you so much for the recommendations of how to begin treating these problems and what products and/or chemicals to avoid. I will definitely be sharing this video with my "nail buddies" and anyone else that I know that have encountered these issues. THANK YOU again such a wonderful informative video!!
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been a nail tech for 14 years & am so passionate about nail care. I will be sharing this video with my clients because you explained this 100x better than I can even try to. Love the way you showed us with the towel. Makes so much sense! Thanks for all you do for us!
Thank you so much for your lovely message. I think I will make another video with even a better visual. 😇😅🤗. I have an idea :). Please share this video far and wide. Once people understand that there is a difference it changes everything. I really recommend Kerasal. It’s magic. Just a dab around the nails at night. Way better than the oil.
So thankful your video was suggested on my home page. You did such a great job educating us and explaining everything. I’m not a professional but am a nail enthusiast & have learned to do my own at home. This information is so valuable and important to keep our natural nails/skin healthy even if we choose to enjoy nail enhancements. Please continue to make videos like this. Blessings to you! 🙂
Another great session, Professor Anna! 🏫 I’m so glad I took your advice to heart (and hands 😏) back in 2020 because my nails are now in a much better state than they have ever been!! These refresher courses help steel my resolve to keep doing better, particularly when I’m tempted by those pesky nippers! 😜
You know, nippers are sometimes necessary. If you have a snag it’s better to cut it than pull the skin and do some major damage. But that’s about it :)
Oh my gosh! I love this video! I was very pleased you showed ridges in the nail and said, "do not buff them off". I have ridges in my nails and have always had them. When I started painting my nails in high school, I would try every ridge filler there was available to me and still I had them showing in my polish. There are so many RUclips videos talking about why you have them (nutrition, alcohol use, etc.) but none talk about the nails own natural protective attitude of itself. I haven't worn polish for a few years. I just cannot tolerate the fumes. So, I tolerate nail breakage and try just to keep my nails neatly filed and not worry about even nail lengths. I will say that I have finally found a multi supplement that works with my body and my skin and nails benefit with it. Plus, a big plus, I started using oils and my nails appear smoother and I do not get hang nails or overgrown (stretched as you say) cuticles. Even good lotions did not make this difference for my nails. I keep oils in so many places! Favorite scented oils encourage me to use them and help calm me when I smell them. This video is so nice for understanding the nail and encouraging the loving treatment our nails deserve. Short, long or somewhere between, well-kept nails are so flattering, right? Thank you for this Anna!
Thank you for the information! For years I would cut the skin thinking it was the cuticle. I started working on my nails as I watched/listened to your video and my nails do look better than when I started. I have quite a way to go but thanks to your video I know what steps to take to mend the skin. 👍💅💕💓
Thank you SO much for your videos on nail anatomy and care! This girl's nails may as well have been my own. I have had this issue with the dead skin for 15 years believing that it was the cuticle and therefore cutting my skin as well. The information in this video is going to be a game changer for my nails! Thank you so much!! ❤
@@TheSalonLife I wouldn't have any way to send them since I cannot upload pics on RUclips and I don't have social media. Do you have an email I could send them to?
Your knowledge and ability to share what I need to know about caring for my nails has given me courage to begin nail self-care. I’ve had gel and dip powder for about 20 years because I’ve always had soft/weak nails that easily peel and break, and terrible “cuticles” (which I now know is living skin) and actual cuticle that extends onto my nails. I’ve decided to try natural nails and see how they are (I’m 73). I had the dip removed at the salon and have suffered through the weeks of growing out the damaged nail. This included split and sore skin around the nails. I’m finally past that stage, and wish I could find a nail tech with the care and knowledge that you have. I’ve only seen techs being not gentle about pushing back the cuticle and too quick about trimming the skin. Thank you SO much for sharing proper and careful nail, cuticle, and skin care. I now feel confident that I can do this on my own because of your tutorage.
This was incredibly helpful, thank you! It’s crazy that I never knew any of this. I’ve bitten my nails my whole life and stopped a few months ago (I’m 34). As they grew out, I thought I had a short nail bed, weird cuticles, etc. Watching your videos I learned a gentle way to take care of my nails every day. My nail beds are actually longer. My cuticles no longer become overgrown. It absolutely blows my mind. I’m curious - what is your opinion on Dazzle Dry vs regular Polish? I know it’s a better option than gel Polish, but do you think it’s healthier than using regular Polish? Thank you again for everything you post! This is life changing for me, as I think this understanding will inspire me to care for my nails. Until now my only motivation to stop biting was appearance. But now I’m thinking more about finger and skin health than I ever have before.
recently had an infected nail get out of hand b/c of a hangnail (due to dry pnf) & ur videos are a lifesaver 🙏🙏 i'm going to try out your method & hope to see some promising results!
Thanks so much, Anna. This has to be one of the most interesting and informative videos I have seen in a long time. So refreshing to have someone genuinely care about skin and nail health, rather than causing damage to look 'on trend'. I'll be looking into your treatment recommendations for my own nails, as well as my son's, who unfortunately bites his nails and the surrounding skin. If you have any habit breaking remedies, that would be welcomed, too!! Once again, thank you. I'm liking and subscribing.
Great video! I love Doug Schoon, but I think you explained things better. I used to be a chronic nail biter, but now I'm bad to take that energy out on my PNF - constantly scratching on it, tugging at the dry skin there, etc. = so moisturizing is my friend.
Oh my gosh, so much knowledge shared here - thank you! I’ve struggled all my life with very thin nails and now that I’m older they are so very dry. I was glad to see that I already do some of the things you suggested - adding back oil and moisture after every hand- washing mainly, but I will try adding some other hydrating products at night. Thank you!
Thank you for diving that deep. I learned a lot. My skin around my nails sticks to the cuticle and if it's growing down with the nail, when I forget to take care, I am quickly reminded by painful wounds. That's why when washing my hair and I applied the conditioner or mask I push my skin around my nails back very gentle during the time I let the conditioner sit with the conditioner on my hands. Plus I'm using hand cream and oil a few times a day. Have it next to the soap on my sink. Now my nails and skin look at least ok cared for without adding a completely new routine to my day. That's what I like about the depth you are teaching. Understanding opens up possibilities to include nailcare in the day as it fits. Thank you for teaching ☺️
I am so late to the party here but omg thank you so much for this video. Its genuinely informative and anatomically correct. I have been cutting off the dry skin around my nails for years wondering why nothing ever improved. Because I was making things worse!!! Made a pact with my self right now to ONLY moisturise that skin, no cutting, no exfoliating, no picking. Thank you so so much.
I really enjoyed this presentation. I found it very interesting. I always pushed back my p.. fold and watching your videos has made me realise that I need to let this fold grow again. So this video will, hopefully, advise me what to do to allow it to grow. Thank you Anna
Thank you so much! I’ve been trying to have “good nails” for awhile, but I’ve always had bad “cuticles,” which I now know is the wrong term, as well as hangnails, torn skin, and nails that are weak and tear like paper. Earlier this year, I had 2 sets of acrylics done. The first set was removed by the nail tech literally sliding a sharp tool under the acrylic and popping them off, which shredded my nails. The second set was removed with soaking and e-filing, and then she asked if I wanted her to buff them and I said yes. 🤦♀️ Disaster. I’ve been wearing glue-on and stick-on nails ever since, but the skin around my nails has been getting worse and worse, so today I decided to look for videos about how to have healthy cuticles and here you are! Instant subscriber, and I’ve learned so much already!! My Amazon cart is overflowing with new products. 😬 Do you know anything about the Rescue Rxx being unavailable? There’s none in the link you gave or on Amazon. I’m hoping to try it soon! Thank you for this wonderful content!!
Kiedy odwrocilas ręcznik, zeby pokazac skore po wycieciu, spadłam w krzesła. Wycinalam skorki od zawsze, wycinaly je tez manicurzystki i kilka dni po, naprawdę wygladaly jak te brzegi. Dziękuję za Twoją wiedzę, czas i chęć dzielenia się nimi z nami ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for the educational videos. I have been cutting my cuticles for years. I learn so much from you. Please continue these type of videos.
This is SUPER AWESOME! Probably like most of the general public, I thought my keratinized proximal nail fold was my "cuticle." Thank you so much for teaching us about healthy nail and skin care!
Yes! My parents are nurses and they were horrified when they saw what people were doing to their inter-proximal folds. When I was a younger and started doing my nails they told me to never mess with my them like that. At the time I was always upset about that but looking back they were 100% right!
I'm learning the correct way to care for my natural nails from your vids and I decided to sub.💚 Your nails are very nicely manicured, clean and healthy looking. 😊
Great biology lesson! I’ve only just come across your channel. Now I am beginning to understand why my nails are peeling and that my PNX has been neglected and is splitting.
So happy to hear this. But it's the skin around the nails that looks better. Not the cuticle. reference: schoonscientific.com/2019/whats-new-nail-anatomy-latest-facts/
Seriously enjoyed! Stopped cutting "pseudocuticles" when I had lumpectomy and 1 nodule removed non affected. Been nail crazy all my life, but basically did them myself. Derm nurse, dealing with onychomycosis/graphosis in hosp. setting) Great job, sending out yrs) Had 1 yr of gel w/o cutting and took a break only to discover major damage to 1 nail Took about 8 mos. Daughter took nail course, ended up with severe reaction to Gel. However, even in course, always referred to "cuticle." I stopped all manicure but my own. Oil.cleaning nail bed Inc. cuticle area with emery board. Lately saw 2 nails w changes... Loceryl and filing,oil and regular polish. Seems to have resolved. I need more oiling. So happy to hear exact explanation good pics. Can't seem to access my camera.will send it separately.
Just found your channel, and I love how educational it is! I have coincidentally never removed the nail fold, always just pushed it back. Simply cos I was too lazy to cut it off. Glad I never started doing that lol. Gonna watch the rest of your videos now.
Absolutely not sick and tired of these videos! At the moment, your videos are my favorite nail care videos on RUclips… Keep it up! And thank you so much for all your hard work♥️
So happy to see this, you often only see 'perfect' nails where problems are solved on, and when you have rough working hands like me its just not comparible
I recently came across your videos, I am so thankful. I wish your were my nail technician. At this point, I am absolutely turned off by even going to nail salons any more. They are far to aggressive and I'm sure I've had a lot of damage done to my nails through years, if I had only known then what I know now. I have thin, ridged, brittle nails as well as too many years of cutting my cuticles (or so I thought, now thanks to you I understand I have been cutting my skin.). I will be following your advice going forward on how to care for my fingernails properly. You mentioned a cream you use for the feet, I could not catch the name of it. If you wouldn't mind, what is the name of the lotion?
I have learned so much watching you! I had a gel polish removed while on vacation, and feel she ruined my nails. I was searching for a cuticles only mani to have this week, since my nails are clipped to the nub, so don’t need any trimming or filing, but the cuticles are so jagged, I thought they needed to be trimmed to keep them treated with oil, which I am doing MANY times a day. I will continue instead, with your tips, and hope for success, and will stop using the nail hardener. Thank you so much!
This was incredibly informative and easy to follow. I have never had anyone explain this as well as you did. I am on a quest to improve my nails and I think with your education I will continue to make progress. Blessings to you and I will continue to follow you, thank you
Ohmygosh❣️. This. Is. What. My. Nails. Look. Like 😢 thank you for teaching me in an understandable method. I’m excited to STOP cutting my alive finger skin. I’m sharing this with my sister and all my friends. Thank you for your passion.
The visual demonstration really cracked me up. The cotton pads that demonstrate the cuticle cells 😂 Great job breaking down the different parts of the fingertip! I was amazed when I learned about the matrix 🤯
You are truly my hero. I don’t mean to sound too dramatic but this is ✨life changing✨!!! You made everything make perfect sense. Thank you so much! 36:46 I am sending this to everyone!💕
Fantastic visual explanation of the way cuticle is formed, absolutely loved it (also the remark of the chicken breast 🤣) So good of you to put all this sience based information out here for free! After watching this video, I went over to Patreon to support your channel.😄👍
How fascinating! I didn’t know any of this information. I started searching how to repair ugly nails and this was one of my YT search results. My goal is to stop biting the skin around my nails. I’ll then reward myself with a salon manicure. I’m making progress but not there yet. I will add, the lockdown years of using hand sanitizer multiple times daily wreaked havoc on my hands and nails. Trying to moisturize my hands as well.
I have the cuticles that grow out with my nails. You recommend keeping a clear coat on the nails. I feel like the polish remover is drying, so what should I do about that? Thank you.
Thank you for this, it was super informative. What would you recommend for peeling nails that look see through when there's no polish on them? I have this issue on only two, three of my fingernails, the rest are good, so I don't think it's anything I'm doing right now. I oil my nails multiple times a day, keep them polished etc and this issue only happens on a few nails, which also happen to be bendier than the others and always grow out with a weird snag under one side of the nail which I assume is nailplate damage, but I don't remember ever having any injury to these nails.
Much needed video and advise,having a lot of similar issues with skin around the nails, even though adopted oil and urea hand cream routine advised by you, and had seen great improvement. Also gently pushing back proximal nail fold daily. But it is awesome to get video dedicated to this topic! Enjoying the series, learning so much , even from the situations different to mine. Thank you so much😊💕
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I ruined my skin recently because I got hooked on the “cuticle”-obsessed influencers. I purchased oils and nippers and scissors and tried to mimic their tutorials. I was in so much pain with raw and torn skin, thinking there was something anatomically weird about my nails. So I did research and saw these diagrams and realized I had been removing and picking with living skin. Thanks for creating this video. There are so many nail influencers without anatomy knowledge spreading misinformation or unintentionally misleading followers because they are vague and aren’t clear with advice. I hope this information becomes more widespread. Thanks again.
I did the same thing and stumbled across her videos and she has educated me so much and I love how detailed she is. I can't believe I've been cutting my living skin all these years and been in pain but now that ive leared the difference from salon life im now healing. Keep the videos coming. I've been doing my own manicures at home and saving lots of money.
Hi can you tell what was your routine I am struggling with same issue and I couldn’t do anything .. I used to cut my live skin and now it’s thick and cloudy around nails.. please help me
I can barely articulate my feelings right now. This has literally changed everything about how I will take care of my nails. I can't thank you enough for sharing and making this so easy to understand!
Geez!!!
Wow, thank you so much for your comment! You honestly made my day! ❤️. What was the thing that surprised you the most?
@@TheSalonLife The difference between my proximal nail fold and my cuticle! I've struggled with picking and biting around my nails since childhood and a few years ago took to bringing a nail kit with me everywhere to nip and "neaten" my cuticles instead of ripping them apart and turns out that's all I was doing anyway!
When you showed the diagrams and did your little example I realized that what i was nipping was just creating a vicious cycle of an ugly, dry proximal fold that would drive me to nip and bother it even more creating more, essentially, scar tissue.
Even when I would leave my nails alone for a while and my nail folds would look good, so many videos made it seem necessary to clip that bit of skin, calling it the 'cuticle', in order to get a clean looking manicure.
So now, I'll just give them some rehab time and use my shea butter.
@ElleDeas - your story is my story 🌸 The Salon Life is out here saving souls, giving hope 🕊
Before the era of influencers i learned most of my beauty info from magazines and while they were responsible enough to say “cutting your cuticles is bad” they never explained why and they never explained the difference between cuticles and proximal nail folds. So yeah it is life changing she moment you realize the difference!
Thanks Miya!
Thanks to your videos I no longer cut my living skin! I have not had any long stretchy thick dry skin or hangnails since. It took about 10 weeks but with patience I am now enjoying beautiful “cuticles” people think I go to the salon to get perfect manicures but all I do is keep them oiled and push back the skin weekly. There’s hardly even anything to scrape off anymore. SO GRATEFUL! And… saving lots of time and money on nail treatment gimmicks😅
I can’t believe it! I thought I just had “bad cuticles” I’ve been fighting this issue for years. THANK YOU!
Right?!😀
I learned so much and it makes so much sense now. Kinda angry that every salon that I have been to over the years have cut the skin around my nails. The industry needs to be more informed. Thank you for educating us 💕
Hi Dana! I agree but at the same time clients expect extreme "before and afters" and perfection without doing any home care. So that's why I think my videos are showing the consumers what's realistically achievable in 1 service and how important the daily care is.
Very impressive video. I’m a manicurist of 30 years in California and it’s very rare I hear other manicurists that understand basic nail structure. Here in California even 30 years ago we learned nail anatomy. The one thing I would highly recommend with this person is to come in and get a weekly manicure until I see she is on the right track. This has always been my logic with this type of damage, people need support. So this is obviously some habits she has formed and need to gradually stop and that takes time. So when a client comes in they feel a sense of obligation to perform well. They want to get better with undoing these habits. I think with her keeping it super simple with the Kerasal lotion & CND treatment and that’s it. Why because of the open skin and inflamed eponychium. See how that helps after a week and go from there. We truly are like the therapist (trying to help understand the behavior to help correct or improve it), and the manicurist. Also, not expecting miracles but slow and steady progress in the right direction. This could look like 4 steps forward and 2 steps back, but you’re still ahead 2 steps. You should totally do an update on this client…I so wish I could help her. 💕 Great job on this video ‼️
I enjoy a manicure, but I’ve never had one where they didn’t trim the nail fold. In fact the last one I had, they got quite carried away and I left with my nail fold bleeding. It was pretty painful. Plus, they NEVER get the nail shape right. NEVER. All I want is something natural that follows the shape of my nail bed. But I’ve only been happy a couple times. 🤦🏻♀️
Anyway, this video was super informative. I can take what I’ve learned and do it myself.
@@wendyhutchinson457 Same here!
Next time write a book ok?
Anna, please keep doing this series. You’re teaching us so much and it’s so very helpful!! Thank you 💝 (please never apologize for being so thorough - there is nothing extraneous here! We need to understand ALL of what you are sharing!)
Never stop being the cuticle police! 😁❤️
By the way you are so good at explaining things.. it all makes so much sense! I literally feel like I attended a biology class after watching this video. You made me passionate about nails .. (yes I've been binge watching your videos for a week or so), and I just signed up for an official 8 month training to become a manicurist, here in the Netherlands. Thank you ❤
Thank you so much! Best of luck with your training course! :)
Thank you. I have struggled with my “cuticles” my whole life. This was most informative and helpful. Knowledge is power. 😉
Wow! This is so helpful! I didn’t realize there was a difference between the cuticle and the skin around the nail. The skin near my cuticles is hard, so I pick at it which causes it to stay hard to protect itself. A never ending situation. This makes so much sense. Thank you very much!
Definitely something I’ve been working on for several years. I find when I go through really anxious/stressful times that unconscious picking habit comes back and my thumbs look like this and worse. Diligent manicures, a quick clean with blue cross rather than going crazy with cutters, and lots of moisturizing oils/lotions within reach when I find myself picking have helped. Car, desk, coffee table, night stand. For hangnails I carefully trim and use liquid bandage to help it from catching or tearing further and keeping it clean.
I’ve been suffering with hand nail issues for five years now. No nail technician or Dr. (regular or dermatologist) has given me any real help. I’m so grateful to have fallen upon your channel and received this valuable information. Finally I have found a path forward to healthier nails. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! 💞
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION! I will never ever cut my nail folds again. No matter how badly I want to while I wait until they repair themselves😀
Wow, turns out I don't have cuticles and my issue is with the PNF 😮 Why is it then that a lot of nail technicians cut my PNF?? I am slightly horrified and angry. My PNF is so dry, ragged and torn and splits easily, catching on all sorts of things. Thank God I have found your channel. Starting my journey to nicer nails at 59 yrs old ☺️
YES. I am 63. Why didn’t I know this?!?
Thank you so much for generously sharing your knowledge with everyone! I have been doing my nails for…. forever, and I literally had NO idea I was causing more harm than good by buffing (a lot)! I never knew what a cuticle really was, amazing eye opener! I am learning so much from your videos! Thank you!!
Nanax7, Thank you so much for your donation to the channel. We really appreciate it! We're really happy to know that you are benefiting our channels content. We wish you all the best in your nail journey :) - Anna/MSL
Thank you for sharing this information. I wore sculptured nails for years and it severely damaged my nails. Manicurists where I live always cut what I thought was the cuticle (Now I know it is the skin fold). I’ve tried doing my own nails, but never knew what I was doing wrong. I feel so much more equipped to take care of my nails myself. Thank you for your generosity in sharing this!!!!!!! It is such a shame that so many nail salons ignore or don’t care about the damage they are doing.
This is so useful. Great to give people the science behind this and dispel myths that abound about cuticle and nail care. Your mission should save nails!!! Well done
Thank you Ruth! No wonder that there is so much confusion because the information out there is very scarse and doesn’t make much sense. Thanks to Doug Schoon’s hard work and research now it makes so much more sense
Anna, never apologize for your passion! What a wealth of information. I hope this person takes your advice, my nails have never been as healthy as they are since I met you! Thank you for everything you do, your passion is inspiring
Your video popped for me today and I couldn’t be happier to hear your passion for nail anatomy. I suffer with hang nails, and terrible cuticles. I push them back, trim only when I need to and nothing fixes it. I am a nurse and the hand sanitizer is killing my skin
Wow I wish that I had seen this video 24 hrs prior to now. My nail skin is always doing this. I finally found time to put some poly gel nails on for the first time in like 8 years here at home. I manicured my nails prior to doing so and literally cut off all that white skin thinking it was cuticles. Never ever again. You've definitely changed my life. Thank you!!
I NEVER watch nail vids, but THIS was SO informative! I love this series and you are now my go-to nail guru. I'm a jeweler with very "challenged" nails. Thanks for this channel. ❤️👍
I so appreciate your commitment to the science of this! I’ve been getting into self-nail care for about a year but until I found your channel I was still confused about how to properly and safely care for my “cuticle.” The Olive and June method is the closest to what you’ve taught me - they suggest just push back your cuticle and moisturize and buff the lower nail but the skin around my nails just wasn’t looking great and I needed to know the what and the why. Because I didn’t have regular nail care before, I did have that stretching of the proximal nail fold onto the nails a bit and I would just infrequently push it back and end up with a lot of raggedy pieces around the nail. After watching your videos it all finally clicked! I now regularly push back the proximal nail fold, all the time! And moisturize with oil and/or lotion every single time I get my hands wet as Anna suggests then once a week I remove the ACTUAL tiny bit of cuticle from the nail with an orange stick or scraper. And finally my nails look so pretty, healthy and amazing. Now I’m trying a dimethyl urea based strengthener (Olive and June) to try to grow them a little longer. Thank you Anna! Side note, I use the same Shaka fluide LRP sunscreen as you I order it from Europe to US because it’s the best sunscreen in the world. That and Riemann P20 Suncare for Kids.
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Thank you so much for this information! I had no idea about the different between the proximal nail fold and the cuticle. Now it makes perfect sense why I’ve struggled so much with the skin around my nails being ragged and unhealthy. No matter what I did, the skin (what I thought was cuticle) just grew back harder and thicker. And in my quest to get rid of what I thought was the cuticle, I’ve probably been damaging the unexposed growing nail which then would explain why my nails grow out to be thin and easily broken.
Thank you so much for this info! I have paid so much money over the years to manicurists who would not listen to me about 'cutting' the cuticle! I had to start doing my own nails due to 'hangnails', cuts, and irregular skin growth. You are a breath of fresh air!
Everything you have said about living skin makes perfect sense. A long time ago before having my first pedicure I never had issues with callouses. I noticed after I had a pedicure that I started forming callouses. So naturally I thought I have to remove those callouses with a foot file. It is a never ending cycle. But I’m going to try your advice with my fingernails because I’m guilty of cutting the living skin but I’m also going to try regular maintenance with the soles of my feet too and see what happens.
I have just done my training for manicure/pedicure and I have learnt more from this one video than my training. No more 'nipping the cuticle off'. for my clients. Thank you so much.
Hi Anna, I just wanted to thank you for all of the information that you are sharing. I used to cut my proximal nail fold skin and was very addicted to nippers. After watching a couple of you videos, I put it away and started applying oil very frequently and started to remove cuticle with the remover. And guess what? My nails have never been looking so good. It's been a couple of weeks now that I started this new nail routine and I'm noticing that the skin is shrinking. So again thank you so much.
Omg Anna! You are a nail educator goddess! I absolutely love this series, learning so much. Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦
I am so grateful for your videos! After only 2 weeks of using a nail oil and CeraVe lotion regularly, I already see improvement. Your explanations are excellent.
Thank you so much Mary! I’m so happy that you are seeing progress! Keep at it and be consistent. It’s incredible the difference gentle nail care does!
This is the best explanation of what is cuticle and what is not. I wish they had taught us this way in school. Thank you It is ao much easier to identify the cuticle now.
I’m new to your channel, wanted to say thank you , it is such an Important lesson! I have very sensitive nails and manicurist always damaged my nails , and now I know why… and because of you , I’m thinking of doing it myself. Sending you lots of love and appreciation!!
I appreciate the scientific approach and thorough explanation you gave in this video!! I've been struggling with torn-up skin around my nails for years. After watching this, I went out and bought a nail oil, hand cream, and kerasal ointment. 24 hours later, my hands are looking SO much better and healthier. This video is quite literally life-changing.
Thank you!!!
You're so welcome!
I am a notorious nail picker. It also doesn't help that I have nail eczema which develops hard/scaly skin I love picking at. Have been following your advice. So simple (requires dedication though!). It has changed my world. My nails are so much better now and it has only been 2 weeks. Thank you.
I’m so glad I found your channel! I’m on the journey officially today to healing my pnf! No more trimming! I had no idea what I had learned was totally wrong and actually doing more harm than good. Just hoping that with patience and time my pnf can heal and be healthy again
Finally, someone who explained what is happening to my nails and skin around the nails!!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you for the list of recommended products to help.
Thank you so much Amy!! I'm glad the info helped :))
This video is worth watching a few times. Never saw anyone to treat this topic in such an easy way. I applied the cream while watching the video, and right away my skin feels much better. I will keep my cerave by my desk from now on. Thank you.
The diagrams and labeled photos are so helpful!
i used to give myself manicures and couldnt figure out why most of my nails were traumatised, bleeding and swollen afterward. I was cutting off living skin and didnt know! I dont know why the algorithm started showing me your videos but im glad it did
Outstanding video, Anna! Please keep such educational nail/skin analysis videos coming, I find each one of them fascinating for so many different reasons and have identified what used to happen to my nails and why. You've taught me everything I know about nail/hand care and I have the sweet looking nails and healthy, pain-free skin to prove it. I'm also quite sure you're the only nail expert on RUclips who provides research-based instruction like you do. Thank you for the thorough explanations of care and helpful products. Kerasal is my absolute favorite product for use on both my hands and feet at night and I wouldn't have understood the usefulness of good oils and occlusive treatment like I now do without you and MSL.
What a FANTASTIC video!!! You gave us some wonderful information and I love how you took the time to explain everything! Some things I knew but many I did not, so this was very helpful to me. I take great care of my nails but at certain times of the year I will have these issue of dry skin and will sometimes result in the skin tearing. Thank you so much for the recommendations of how to begin treating these problems and what products and/or chemicals to avoid. I will definitely be sharing this video with my "nail buddies" and anyone else that I know that have encountered these issues. THANK YOU again such a wonderful informative video!!
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been a nail tech for 14 years & am so passionate about nail care. I will be sharing this video with my clients because you explained this 100x better than I can even try to. Love the way you showed us with the towel. Makes so much sense! Thanks for all you do for us!
Thank you so much for your lovely message. I think I will make another video with even a better visual. 😇😅🤗. I have an idea :).
Please share this video far and wide. Once people understand that there is a difference it changes everything. I really recommend Kerasal. It’s magic. Just a dab around the nails at night. Way better than the oil.
So thankful your video was suggested on my home page. You did such a great job educating us and explaining everything. I’m not a professional but am a nail enthusiast & have learned to do my own at home. This information is so valuable and important to keep our natural nails/skin healthy even if we choose to enjoy nail enhancements. Please continue to make videos like this. Blessings to you! 🙂
Another great session, Professor Anna! 🏫 I’m so glad I took your advice to heart (and hands 😏) back in 2020 because my nails are now in a much better state than they have ever been!! These refresher courses help steel my resolve to keep doing better, particularly when I’m tempted by those pesky nippers! 😜
You know, nippers are sometimes necessary. If you have a snag it’s better to cut it than pull the skin and do some major damage. But that’s about it :)
Brilliant video and well explained. I now know where I'm going wrong
💯 but less is more for me: once I get started, it’s hard to quit while I’m ahead 😉
Oh my gosh! I love this video! I was very pleased you showed ridges in the nail and said, "do not buff them off". I have ridges in my nails and have always had them. When I started painting my nails in high school, I would try every ridge filler there was available to me and still I had them showing in my polish. There are so many RUclips videos talking about why you have them (nutrition, alcohol use, etc.) but none talk about the nails own natural protective attitude of itself. I haven't worn polish for a few years. I just cannot tolerate the fumes. So, I tolerate nail breakage and try just to keep my nails neatly filed and not worry about even nail lengths.
I will say that I have finally found a multi supplement that works with my body and my skin and nails benefit with it. Plus, a big plus, I started using oils and my nails appear smoother and I do not get hang nails or overgrown (stretched as you say) cuticles. Even good lotions did not make this difference for my nails. I keep oils in so many places! Favorite scented oils encourage me to use them and help calm me when I smell them.
This video is so nice for understanding the nail and encouraging the loving treatment our nails deserve. Short, long or somewhere between, well-kept nails are so flattering, right? Thank you for this Anna!
Thank you for the information! For years I would cut the skin thinking it was the cuticle. I started working on my nails as I watched/listened to your video and my nails do look better than when I started. I have quite a way to go but thanks to your video I know what steps to take to mend the skin. 👍💅💕💓
This visual is SO helpful. My nails look like this 😢
I’m on a mission to get them healthy! Thank you for the great info, I really enjoy your Chanel!
Thank you SO much for your videos on nail anatomy and care! This girl's nails may as well have been my own. I have had this issue with the dead skin for 15 years believing that it was the cuticle and therefore cutting my skin as well. The information in this video is going to be a game changer for my nails! Thank you so much!! ❤
Please take pictures! I would love to see your progress!
@@TheSalonLife I wouldn't have any way to send them since I cannot upload pics on RUclips and I don't have social media. Do you have an email I could send them to?
Your knowledge and ability to share what I need to know about caring for my nails has given me courage to begin nail self-care. I’ve had gel and dip powder for about 20 years because I’ve always had soft/weak nails that easily peel and break, and terrible “cuticles” (which I now know is living skin) and actual cuticle that extends onto my nails. I’ve decided to try natural nails and see how they are (I’m 73). I had the dip removed at the salon and have suffered through the weeks of growing out the damaged nail. This included split and sore skin around the nails. I’m finally past that stage, and wish I could find a nail tech with the care and knowledge that you have. I’ve only seen techs being not gentle about pushing back the cuticle and too quick about trimming the skin. Thank you SO much for sharing proper and careful nail, cuticle, and skin care. I now feel confident that I can do this on my own because of your tutorage.
This was incredibly helpful, thank you! It’s crazy that I never knew any of this. I’ve bitten my nails my whole life and stopped a few months ago (I’m 34). As they grew out, I thought I had a short nail bed, weird cuticles, etc. Watching your videos I learned a gentle way to take care of my nails every day. My nail beds are actually longer. My cuticles no longer become overgrown. It absolutely blows my mind.
I’m curious - what is your opinion on Dazzle Dry vs regular Polish? I know it’s a better option than gel Polish, but do you think it’s healthier than using regular Polish?
Thank you again for everything you post! This is life changing for me, as I think this understanding will inspire me to care for my nails. Until now my only motivation to stop biting was appearance. But now I’m thinking more about finger and skin health than I ever have before.
recently had an infected nail get out of hand b/c of a hangnail (due to dry pnf) & ur videos are a lifesaver 🙏🙏 i'm going to try out your method & hope to see some promising results!
Thanks so much, Anna. This has to be one of the most interesting and informative videos I have seen in a long time. So refreshing to have someone genuinely care about skin and nail health, rather than causing damage to look 'on trend'.
I'll be looking into your treatment recommendations for my own nails, as well as my son's, who unfortunately bites his nails and the surrounding skin. If you have any habit breaking remedies, that would be welcomed, too!! Once again, thank you. I'm liking and subscribing.
Great video! I love Doug Schoon, but I think you explained things better. I used to be a chronic nail biter, but now I'm bad to take that energy out on my PNF - constantly scratching on it, tugging at the dry skin there, etc. = so moisturizing is my friend.
Oh my gosh, so much knowledge shared here - thank you! I’ve struggled all my life with very thin nails and now that I’m older they are so very dry. I was glad to see that I already do some of the things you suggested - adding back oil and moisture after every hand- washing mainly, but I will try adding some other hydrating products at night. Thank you!
Thank you for diving that deep. I learned a lot.
My skin around my nails sticks to the cuticle and if it's growing down with the nail, when I forget to take care, I am quickly reminded by painful wounds. That's why when washing my hair and I applied the conditioner or mask I push my skin around my nails back very gentle during the time I let the conditioner sit with the conditioner on my hands. Plus I'm using hand cream and oil a few times a day. Have it next to the soap on my sink. Now my nails and skin look at least ok cared for without adding a completely new routine to my day.
That's what I like about the depth you are teaching. Understanding opens up possibilities to include nailcare in the day as it fits.
Thank you for teaching ☺️
Thank you so much for sharing your routine :)
BEST NAIL CARE VIDEO I'VE COME ACROSS !!!
I am so late to the party here but omg thank you so much for this video. Its genuinely informative and anatomically correct. I have been cutting off the dry skin around my nails for years wondering why nothing ever improved. Because I was making things worse!!! Made a pact with my self right now to ONLY moisturise that skin, no cutting, no exfoliating, no picking. Thank you so so much.
Thanks again, Anna, for all the education you offer your viewers❣️❣️❣️
Thank you Gale! I’m so happy that there is an interest 🥰
I really enjoyed this presentation. I found it very interesting. I always pushed back my p.. fold and watching your videos has made me realise that I need to let this fold grow again. So this video will, hopefully, advise me what to do to allow it to grow. Thank you Anna
Thank you so much! I’ve been trying to have “good nails” for awhile, but I’ve always had bad “cuticles,” which I now know is the wrong term, as well as hangnails, torn skin, and nails that are weak and tear like paper. Earlier this year, I had 2 sets of acrylics done. The first set was removed by the nail tech literally sliding a sharp tool under the acrylic and popping them off, which shredded my nails. The second set was removed with soaking and e-filing, and then she asked if I wanted her to buff them and I said yes. 🤦♀️ Disaster. I’ve been wearing glue-on and stick-on nails ever since, but the skin around my nails has been getting worse and worse, so today I decided to look for videos about how to have healthy cuticles and here you are! Instant subscriber, and I’ve learned so much already!! My Amazon cart is overflowing with new products. 😬
Do you know anything about the Rescue Rxx being unavailable? There’s none in the link you gave or on Amazon. I’m hoping to try it soon!
Thank you for this wonderful content!!
Kiedy odwrocilas ręcznik, zeby pokazac skore po wycieciu, spadłam w krzesła. Wycinalam skorki od zawsze, wycinaly je tez manicurzystki i kilka dni po, naprawdę wygladaly jak te brzegi. Dziękuję za Twoją wiedzę, czas i chęć dzielenia się nimi z nami ❤❤❤
Thank you to Teresa for sharing her nails with us - I like the shape of your nails, and to you Anna for the detailed video. Wonderful information.
Thank you so much for the educational videos. I have been cutting my cuticles for years. I learn so much from you. Please continue these type of videos.
You are so welcome!
Watching this as I pick at the skin around my nails.😅 This is so educational. Thank you for such great information.
Thank you so much Sandra!
Your excellent analogies throughout this video show that you're highly intelligent and very gifted at teaching. Thank you.
You are very welcome! Thank you very much for your comment. That was very kind of you to say! ❤️
This is SUPER AWESOME! Probably like most of the general public, I thought my keratinized proximal nail fold was my "cuticle." Thank you so much for teaching us about healthy nail and skin care!
Thank you so much for writing! I'm glad the information was helpful!!
Yes! My parents are nurses and they were horrified when they saw what people were doing to their inter-proximal folds. When I was a younger and started doing my nails they told me to never mess with my them like that. At the time I was always upset about that but looking back they were 100% right!
I'm learning the correct way to care for my natural nails from your vids and I decided to sub.💚 Your nails are very nicely manicured, clean and healthy looking. 😊
This was so so so helpful! I even stuck around to let the ads play. THANK YOU!!! *Throws out buffer*
Awwww!!!! Thank you :))))))) 🙏 🤩 😍 ❤️ 🥰
Even though i just retired,im still watching and learning,thanks Anna:)...very useful info!
The best, most informative video. article I've ever watched or read about nails, "cuticles"!! Thank you, thank you!
Great biology lesson! I’ve only just come across your channel. Now I am beginning to understand why my nails are peeling and that my PNX has been neglected and is splitting.
Happy to help! 🤗
I have been wondering what’s been going on with my hands for YEARS! I am so excited to try the tips in this video.
I’ve started using kersal per once of your videos and overnight my cuticles look better than ever and will continue to use it consistently I love it
So happy to hear this. But it's the skin around the nails that looks better. Not the cuticle.
reference: schoonscientific.com/2019/whats-new-nail-anatomy-latest-facts/
These could be my fingers...thank you so much for the detailed and educational video.
THESE nails are/were my twin!!! Perfect visual example of my nails and hands. THANK YOU again Anna for the info :)
Seriously enjoyed!
Stopped cutting "pseudocuticles" when I had lumpectomy and 1 nodule removed non affected.
Been nail crazy all my life, but basically did them myself.
Derm nurse, dealing with onychomycosis/graphosis in hosp. setting)
Great job, sending out yrs)
Had 1 yr of gel w/o cutting and took a break only to discover major damage to 1 nail
Took about 8 mos.
Daughter took nail course, ended up with severe reaction to Gel. However, even in course, always referred to "cuticle."
I stopped all manicure but my own.
Oil.cleaning nail bed Inc. cuticle area with emery board. Lately saw 2 nails w changes...
Loceryl and filing,oil and regular polish. Seems to have resolved. I need more oiling.
So happy to hear exact explanation good pics.
Can't seem to access my camera.will send it separately.
This video answered all of my nail and skin concerns in a very educational way. Thank you so much!!
Just found your channel, and I love how educational it is! I have coincidentally never removed the nail fold, always just pushed it back. Simply cos I was too lazy to cut it off. Glad I never started doing that lol.
Gonna watch the rest of your videos now.
Great! I'm so glad I watched this! I will now be doing my own manicure at home according to your teachings.
Absolutely not sick and tired of these videos! At the moment, your videos are my favorite nail care videos on RUclips… Keep it up! And thank you so much for all your hard work♥️
Thank you so much Ava! Very kind of you to write this comment! ❤️
Great education!! Picked my skin all my life and I would really like to stop. Thank you!!
Thank you for suggesting Kerasol. I am experiencing wonderful results by using it every night on my nails and skin. ❤
Glad to read Teenya
So happy to see this, you often only see 'perfect' nails where problems are solved on, and when you have rough working hands like me its just not comparible
I recently came across your videos, I am so thankful. I wish your were my nail technician. At this point, I am absolutely turned off by even going to nail salons any more. They are far to aggressive and I'm sure I've had a lot of damage done to my nails through years, if I had only known then what I know now. I have thin, ridged, brittle nails as well as too many years of cutting my cuticles (or so I thought, now thanks to you I understand I have been cutting my skin.). I will be following your advice going forward on how to care for my fingernails properly. You mentioned a cream you use for the feet, I could not catch the name of it. If you wouldn't mind, what is the name of the lotion?
Hi Amy, please check the most recent video where I talk about it a bit more
ruclips.net/video/8Rgm-zcxH4Y/видео.html
I have learned so much watching you! I had a gel polish removed while on vacation, and feel she ruined my nails. I was searching for a cuticles only mani to have this week, since my nails are clipped to the nub, so don’t need any trimming or filing, but the cuticles are so jagged, I thought they needed to be trimmed to keep them treated with oil, which I am doing MANY times a day. I will continue instead, with your tips, and hope for success, and will stop using the nail hardener. Thank you so much!
This was incredibly informative and easy to follow. I have never had anyone explain this as well as you did. I am on a quest to improve my nails and I think with your education I will continue to make progress. Blessings to you and I will continue to follow you, thank you
You're very welcome! I’m so happy the video helped :)) thank you for writing! ☺️
What a great series, so much information. You explain it all so well. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You are such a help!
Thank you Daniela! ❤️❤️❤️
Ohmygosh❣️. This. Is. What. My. Nails. Look. Like 😢 thank you for teaching me in an understandable method. I’m excited to STOP cutting my alive finger skin. I’m sharing this with my sister and all my friends. Thank you for your passion.
Thanks for sharing! :)
The visual demonstration really cracked me up. The cotton pads that demonstrate the cuticle cells 😂 Great job breaking down the different parts of the fingertip! I was amazed when I learned about the matrix 🤯
Explaining proximal nail fold and cuticle with the help of the towel was very effective!
You are truly my hero. I don’t mean to sound too dramatic but this is ✨life changing✨!!! You made everything make perfect sense. Thank you so much!
36:46 I am sending this to everyone!💕
The most informative nail video I’ve ever seen. Game changer. Thank you!!!
Fantastic visual explanation of the way cuticle is formed, absolutely loved it (also the remark of the chicken breast 🤣) So good of you to put all this sience based information out here for free! After watching this video, I went over to Patreon to support your channel.😄👍
Definitely a light bulb moment happen with this video, thank you! 🙏🏾 I have been damaging the skin around my finger and toe nails for so long 🥺
That was the most interesting video on RUclips. Thank you so much. Look forward to checking the next.
How fascinating! I didn’t know any of this information. I started searching how to repair ugly nails and this was one of my YT search results. My goal is to stop biting the skin around my nails. I’ll then reward myself with a salon manicure. I’m making progress but not there yet.
I will add, the lockdown years of using hand sanitizer multiple times daily wreaked havoc on my hands and nails. Trying to moisturize my hands as well.
I have the cuticles that grow out with my nails. You recommend keeping a clear coat on the nails. I feel like the polish remover is drying, so what should I do about that? Thank you.
Thank you for this, it was super informative. What would you recommend for peeling nails that look see through when there's no polish on them? I have this issue on only two, three of my fingernails, the rest are good, so I don't think it's anything I'm doing right now. I oil my nails multiple times a day, keep them polished etc and this issue only happens on a few nails, which also happen to be bendier than the others and always grow out with a weird snag under one side of the nail which I assume is nailplate damage, but I don't remember ever having any injury to these nails.
Much needed video and advise,having a lot of similar issues with skin around the nails, even though adopted oil and urea hand cream routine advised by you, and had seen great improvement. Also gently pushing back proximal nail fold daily. But it is awesome to get video dedicated to this topic! Enjoying the series, learning so much , even from the situations different to mine. Thank you so much😊💕