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Nails Nails grow at an average rate of 0.03 centimetres a day (3 cm every 100 days). Fingernails require 3 to 6 months to regrow completely. Toenails require 12 to 18 months. Actual growth rate is dependent upon age, season, exercise level, and hereditary factors. Nails can dry out, just like skin. They can also be infected: toe infections, for instance, can be caused or exacerbated by dirty socks, specific types of aggressive exercise, tight foot ware and walking unprotected in an unclean environment. Manicures and pedicures are health and cosmetic procedures to groom, trim, and paint the nails and manage calluses. They require various tools such as cuticle scissors, nail scissors, nail clippers, and nail files. Nail tools used by different people may transmit infections. Regarding nail tools such as files, "If they're used on different people, these tools may spread nail fungi, staph bacteria or viruses", warns Rick Lopes, a spokesperson for the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. In fact, over 100 bacterial skin infections in 2000 were traced to footbaths in nail salons. To avoid this, new improved contact less tools can be used, for example, gel and cream cuticle removers instead of cuticle scissors. |
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