As someone who has benefited greatly from your advice, I agree wholeheartedly that there is so much satisfaction in seeing steady progress over time. Even if you’re not sending them, take photos for yourself every week - it is so rewarding. I celebrated my healing by purchasing the sample set from Dazzle Dry and that made me even more proud of myself to see my hands looking healthy!

This is literally me, I’m an Anxious person and I chew and pick my cuticles and scalp if I’m not wearing extensions, then I started cutting the dry skin (I know exactly what this person means by the lettuce sticking out of the sandwich). My cuticles are absolutely hellish at the min. I’m going to follow your advice closely. This video could not have came at a better time for me. Ty for sharing your advice.

Such lovely shaped nails. They'll look stunning when the skin heals. Thanks Anna. A little pot of vaseline is a miracle cure for so many things!

People often are negative about Vaseline but it is a very purified product abd very good for people who have lots of allergies and intolerances and it’s fabulous for nails!!

@marinamidorik

11 ай бұрын

Yes! I think it is medically approved

It's been 3 months since I last bitten my nails after 30 years of torturing them and I'm so proud of myself! But i still have a long way to go so your videos help me a lot! Thank you for such great and detailed information !

@corteltube

Жыл бұрын

She is awesom isn’t she…so refreshing compared to all the videos telling us the opposite.

@corteltube

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to the people sending pictures for this amazing diagnosis.

@isabelab6851

Жыл бұрын

Same here! But in my case it was over 50 years of nail biting!

@adaorange

Жыл бұрын

I finally quit at 47 years of age! I am now learning to be as gentle as I can in all my nail care thanks to Anna :)

I love how you explained inflammation.

I have seen many hands like that and I love how you give advice so gentle and understanding.

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

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These nails look like mine used to, and I can attest that by following Anna’s advice, the swollen disappears and both nails and fingers look so much better. And the relief to be free from pain! I don’t have to constantly think about what I’m doing or handling for fear of this horrible stinging pain! And I also realised that I could wear any colour of polish now, while before green was giving me « lobster hands ». Thank you Anna for your fantastic advice!

Oops, I have the same problem and been using kerasel. My skin has been peeling. I will stop using and only use vaseline from now on until the skin has healed. Thanks Ana!! ❤

Oh thank you for posting this! I just cannot stop pulling on my skin 😢 for years!!!! Its getting better and then i start again

Thank you for this video ! My nails/skin around fingers are exactly like these pictures so I will apply your advice ! Your knowledges + understanding of the "obsessive nail picking habits" make you really professional and helpful

I made the same mistake. You explain this topic in such a kind and loving way, thank you Anna!

Mine looked like this when the nail tech cut my proximal nail fold.

Anna, your education to us is so top-notch! We get a continuous influx of detailed photos and your advice/instruction/comments, all with incredible explanation and detail.

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

Such great advice… kerasal is my go to every day for my toenails and fingernails …love that product!!

Excellent. I truly thank you for your advice .

OMG. I have this on both thumbs and two fingers on the right hand (index and middle) and I do the same thing as this person. My other six fingers I don’t pick and they are beautiful. I am so thankful you’re covering this. I swear that my picking got worse after going to get my nails done for a while and they cut those particular areas and I was so angry!!! Now the proximal nail folds are lifted on those fingers and they stay sore and I pick at it constantly. Since watching you I’ve tried to keep them moisturized but this was so educational. I have to get this under control because it’s making my hands looks super old!!!!

Fantastic explanations, Anna! Your videos are so 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼! Thank You!

Thank goodness!! Cuticles just like mine!! Thank you!

Exactly the advice I needed right now! Thank you!

@TheSalonLife

6 ай бұрын

Happy to help! 🤗

I have this exact problem on my left thumb only…when I get nervous I rub it incessantly…not pick but rub…it is a bit funny looking like this so I am presently using a bandage off and on to help it heal..then I think it will be fine…thanks to your videos the rest of my nails are looking great…thin…but healthier thanks to you. ☺️. Got more info from you than my doctor when I asked about it on my last physical 4 months ago…she said “hmmm…I don’t know “. 😳 I have a dip (small dent” in the left thumb that is about grown out now…don’t want it again…gotta get that rubbing habit under control. Human habits are hard to break, but with awareness we can do it 😊 thanks for the explanation. If we don’t know we can’t fix it.

great content anna - as always! would you do a video on your top repair products/oil treatment? also can you please review OPI Repair Mode Bond building serum?

@AlethrialTheElvenEmpress

Жыл бұрын

If it’s helpful, she does have a video on a DIY oil soak, and mentions the best oils to use. And under her videos, where “more” is, she’ll list products and usually has ( ) next to them as to why she likes them. Example (has a great smell), (good dropper), etc.

Hi Anna I have just found your post and like just the other lady who’s letter you shared , I realise have suffered with habit tic nail deformity for a number of years not realising that I was causing the problem myself. I am delighted to think that by following your advice and methods I will hopefully solve the problem. Thank you so much. C.

@TheSalonLife

11 ай бұрын

Hello C! Thank you so much for your kind comment :)) Please keep me updated on your progress!!

I have this issue, too… I had to quit nursing in the 80s because of horrific eczema that looked like leprosy with the infections. The end? My hands are hella sensitive & easily aggravated

💞 Incrível como esse vídeo descreveu o meu problema de unhas, agora com legendas consigo entender tudo que você ensina, a diferença das unhas dela para a minha, é que as dela estão planas e lizas, as minhas tem depressões feitas pelo alicate, obrigada por me permitir ter acesso ao seu conteúdo maravilhoso, sempre ia dormir muito tarde e com os dedos sangrando de tanto tirar essas pelinhas, já estou usando o óleo quente e a vaselina, já vejo melhoras 😜😊💓 muito, muito obrigada, pra mim seus vídeos são bençãos de Deus, não sabia mais como me livrar desse mau hábito ❤️ as unhas dessa moça do vídeo já devem estar curadas 🙏 bjsssss 😘😘😘😘

These videos are so helpful. Anna did you mention in a previous video about our saliva being bad for our nails and skin? The breaking down, acidic and inflammatory? Not to mention germs, but there is something about saliva as well, right?

Hi Anna! Just wanted to say thank you so much for allowing us to learn. I’ve been able to figure out that I have over-buffed nails nails, and that oiling them is a necessity! I’ve been catching up on your videos, but just wanted to say that we all appreciate what you do. Thank you so much for your efforts! 🌸

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your lovely message!!

@AlethrialTheElvenEmpress

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSalonLife Anytime!

Você tem a solução pra minhas cutículas grossas 🙏❤️😜

I have a similar problem on one of my thumbs. I don't cut or pick the skin, but this piece of skin (pnf?) just doesn't grow there. I have pnf like on 2/3 of my nail. And the skin also looks a bit inflamed and gets very dry. We don't have Kerasal in my country, so I use bepanthen. Initially I had this problem on both of my thumbs, bepanthen helped with only one of them ^^)) I still hope that one day the skin will heal by itself. Thank you for the video! Maybe I should also try vaseline.

@larisadainese8354

Жыл бұрын

Instead of kerasal (as i follow Anna's advices:)), i bought La Roche posay LIPIKAR LAIT UREA 5% ,as It contains urea.. And It helps soften the skin. Maybe you can try too:)

@mercedes4328

Жыл бұрын

Excellent advice!!

@elsteaformethanx3813

Жыл бұрын

@@larisadainese8354 thank you!

Kerasal is fabulous- I wish they would make a whole range for hands!!

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

I would say use the Kerasal around the nails and then apply light lotion and massage it in. The less separate products the better :)

How long, if ever, will it take for the proximal nail fold to reattach to the nail plate? Because of years of picking, biting, and overly aggressive cuticle work, my proximal nail fold on almost every single one of my fingers is completely separated from the nail plate. Is this repairable?

Hello Anna, thanks for all your wonderful advice on nail care. I‘ve seen many of your videos during the last two weeks and ordered several of your adviced products since then. I wondered if you recommend the kerasal for permanent use, or just until the skin around the nails becomes soft and smooth? Should I later switch to an urea based moisturizer without salicylic acid? For example the Eucerin lotion you recommended in another video?

@TheSalonLife

10 ай бұрын

Hi Stefanie! Use Kerasal as needed :)

i used to cut my skin because it is a big hype here now in the Netherlands..everyone is doing it now. So I started to practise on my hand... Yes now I have also very thick cuticles.. I decided to stop cutting but now the skin is so ugly, that I really have to hold myself for not cutting.... I am using cream, dadi oil, but it looks bad... How long will ik take for it to restore itself or will this stay for ever

Hello, I've watched some of your video and It really helped me. In the video i watched you mentioned kerasal, but it's hard and expensive for me to get kerasal in my country, do you have any other products to recommend other than kerasal or anything similar to kerasal? I'm still new to all of this things, and thank you so much for making all of this video

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

Kerasal is pretty unique as it contains not only urea 10% but also 5% salicylic acid. Maybe go to a pharmacy and see if they can make something similar or have something similar? Where are you located? PS. You use such tiny amount of this ointment that 1 tube would last you probably 6 months.

Hi. I think you can post those photos on Instagram for those interested to see them.

Omggggggg thank uuuu. May god help u bcz i have been soo CONFUSED bcz i used to cut my cuticles bcz i many vidoes people say to cut them off .but mine was so inflamed and nobody talked about this i thought i was the only one with this But please can u tell me some other options like can i soak them in warm water or olive oil or lemon bcz i just ran out of vaslien and its very expensive in my country and hard to find 😥

how come you prefer vaseline over something like aquaphor?

oooooooh, i clicked so fast!!! 👀👀👀

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! ❤️

Thank you as always for your advice Anna. I have been following your advice for about a year now and my nails are no longer peeling or splitting. OMG they are censoring your pics. there are much worse if you wanted to search for them that aren't censored. If you are watching this channel it is by choice and you understand what you may be looking at. It may be a problem you have. If you don't want to see the pics don't open the video.

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The Vaseline is already working. Go and get some ladies ❤ she knows her stuff xoxo

What are the recommended oils to use for nail care? I use an organic jojoba oil but I wanted to create my own mixture using additional oils to better help the extremely dry skin around the nails. I’m not sure which offer the best results.

@TheSalonLife

5 ай бұрын

I explain this in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6NnlZeeh8mcgpc.html Another thing I would look into is why is the skin extremly dry? Sometimes it's irritated (and it looks dry) and no oils in the world are not going to help. Removing the irritant will.

I have a mild case of puffiness in at least two of my nails right now. I've started soaking my affected fingers in hot water for a few minutes a few times a day as suggested in a different video. I also started using CeraVe Healing Ointment I already had at home. Is that ointment okay? It's similar to Vaseline but it does have ceramides. So, no manicures, no warm oil soaks or applying jojoba oil after hand washing until my fingers are healed?

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say hot water. Why are they puffy? Because of the skin cutting?

@suebob16

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSalonLife I think I must have accidentally cut it and then it got infected. Fortunately it's just some slight puffiness and not a severe case so far. The video I looked at was on paronychia, and it was recommended to soak in hot water a number of times a day for a few days. Any comments on my other questions?

Minhas cutículas estão como essas das fotos 😔

Legendas em português 🙏 por favor 😍

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

We wil work on the subtitles and then you can translate it :)

@vilmaterezinha1379

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSalonLife 👏👏👏 Obrigada 😃😍🙏 fico imensamente feliz pela sua resposta, vou aguardar ansiosa o momento em que vou conseguir ler e aprender seus ensinos preciosos 😍 estou deformando meus dedos de tanto cutucar peles grossas e cutículas 🙏 mas creio que meus problemas acabaram, graças a Deus🙏 li vários comentários de pessoas que tiveram unhas feridas como a minha e melhoraram, os comentários o Google traduz, obrigada😃 Deus te abençoe ❤️🙏🙌😘😘😘😘😘

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Demonetized? Why?!

How can I send you mail? I am having so much problems with nails, I have no cuticle any more.

@TheSalonLife

12 күн бұрын

Hello there. This service is put on hold for now due to high volumes of requests and busy pedicure season at work :)) More details: www.thesalonlife.ca/services

The inflammation has to go down and the proximal folds have to actually grow back!!

Please enjoy a coffee or treat on me ♥️

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so, so much for your donation to the channel! We greatly appreciate it! We will be sure to get some coffee and snackies! Have a great day! - MSL

have the same thing is this viewer - lifelong skin chewer :(

auto immune like lupus can make this happen

@TheSalonLife

Жыл бұрын

With Lupus you would also have other symptoms... this is clearly due to cutting the skin around the nails.

@heidib110907

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSalonLife i agree I’m just saying the inflammation and puffiness around the nail without the cuts can be someone with lupus or auto immune

I did my gel set, the cleanest I have done thus far, and this morning my cuticles are puffy and itchy 🥹🥹 I'm taking the off now 😢

@Ariasofnight

Ай бұрын

I just cleaned them with a brush quite intensely so I'm not sure what's the cause lol but removing them just in case

@TheSalonLife

Ай бұрын

Sounds like allergic reaction to improperly cured gel and skin contact (not the way you think, not a literally touching the skin) More info here: Overexposure to acrylates, allergies kzread.info/head/PLnP7qaKYlbX4i0QouxamGWTpxlF3ma1Hi

I am so glad you exist and that you make these videos and that I found you! My friend has this problem and I am going to try to help her with this issue. Wish us both luck! I am referring to you and all your videos for guidance. Hoping to help more of my friends who don’t like their hands. Not sure why it feels important to me! Thanks again ❤