How fast the nails on fingers and toes to grow, and how they are cared for, also depends on seasonal circumstances. So they are not brittle, you should maintain them.

Darmstadt, Germany (dpa/tmn) - you have not wondered before about the fact that the nails on fingers and toes always grow evenly?

growth varies actually depending on the Season, between 0.5 and 1 millimeters per week, and in the summer, the Horny layer will increase faster, explained the Portal Haut.de. And on the middle finger grow the fastest.

The nail plate is made up of 100 to 150 irregularly superimposed layers of horn cells that renew themselves over five to six months to complete, so the cosmetics experts.

nail cream massage

There is a further part of the seasonal influence on the nails. Because they speak to the moisture content of the air, so Haut.de. The percentage is high enough at seven to twelve percent, the nails are elastic. If the level is low, they are brittle.

Who would like to keep his nails healthy, should, therefore, ensure sufficient moisture for the stratum corneum. The experts advise to maintain at least once a week the nails with a good feeding nail cream.

Intense Massage promotes growth

On the best you begin at the fingertips, and it continues with a gentle Stress to the joints. An extra tip: The intense Massage around the nail wall, promotes the period, according to the growth of the nails.

The Portal Haut.de cooperates with the Association of aesthetic dermatology and cosmetology.