How to treat nails with gelatin. Its useful properties and contraindications, features of internal use. Gelatin baths, masks and wraps. Gelatin nail treatment is a simple and inexpensive cosmetic procedure that strengthens the nail plate, reduces fragility and improves its appearance. It is especially popular among those women who wish to restore the health of nails after extension.
Useful properties of gelatin to strengthen nails
Gelatin (translated from Latin as "frozen" or "frozen") is obtained after digestion of bones, cartilage and veins of animals and fish. This collagen, which has no taste or smell and is 85% protein, can be used with benefit both internally and externally, to heal nails, as well as joints, skin and hair.
The use of gelatin inside to strengthen nails
This valuable food product contains amino acids, trace elements and vitamins essential for the human body, for example, alanine, glycine, hydroxyproline and proline, glutamic and aspartic acids.
It is irrational to use all this wealth only for external use; an integrated approach to solving problems with appearance and health is recommended.
If you want to have beautiful and healthy nails, and at the same time hair and skin, strengthen bones and joints, regularly include this product in your diet. Your menu should include desserts containing gelatin, for example, jelly, jelly, mousse, as well as khash, brawn, jelly, meat aspic and fish jellied.
Also, a healing drink is prepared from gelatin and used as vitamins for general health promotion, dissolving it in water or adding it to milk and other drinks, mixing it with various food products.
Know! Thanks to the use of gelatin, the heart muscles, joints and cartilage are strengthened, and intelligence is increased. Gelatin is easily absorbed by the body, contributing to the rapid healing of injured bones. It is recommended for patients with arthritis and osteochondrosis, and is also useful for those with low blood clotting.
External use of gelatin to strengthen nails
Externally acting on the nails with gelatin, you will strengthen their structure, they will become elastic, less brittle. The nail plate will not only improve its health, but it will also look aesthetically pleasing, and its growth will accelerate.
Gelatin for nail strengthening can be applied externally in different ways:
- Bath … A solution is made from gelatin, in which nails should be lowered for 15 minutes.
- Mask … Cotton pads are soaked in warm gelatinous solution and applied to nails for 20 minutes.
- Wrapping … The nail plates are wrapped with gauze napkins soaked in the prepared gelatin solution, as well as polyethylene and a warm cloth for 15 minutes.
Preventive health-improving course - 7-8 such procedures. Treatment - 1 month.
By the way! There are plant analogues of gelatin, such as agar-agar and pectin. They are obtained from seaweed and fruits. Vegetable gelatin, like animal gelatin, has a gelling property, but this is where their similarities end. Vegetable gelatin is not used for cosmetic procedures with nails.
Contraindications to the use of gelatin for nail growth
Gelatin for nails is always useful, but its use is limited, and in some cases even prohibited. Therefore, before starting an increased consumption of gelatin, be sure to consult your doctor.
Gelatin is contraindicated if you have:
- Tendency to thrombosis … Gelatin is able to thicken the blood, which in turn can lead to increased blood clots.
- Urolithiasis and gallstone disease … Gelatin - oxalogen, it promotes the formation of stones, so its excess in the body can provoke an exacerbation of the disease.
- Allergy, oxaluric diathesis … Sometimes gelatin can provoke an exacerbation of an allergy or even its appearance.
- Diseases of the cardiovascular system … The increased content of oxalogen and the ability of gelatin to increase blood clotting are undesirable in vascular atherosclerosis.
- Haemorrhoids … Due to the fact that gelatin has a strengthening effect, it can exacerbate this disease. You can avoid trouble if you add to your diet a mixture of figs, prunes and dried apricots (200 g each) and 30 g of grass hay, chopped with a blender and filled with a small amount of boiling water. This mixture is stored in the refrigerator and taken in 1 tbsp. l. in a day.
Important! Any product is harmful in excessive quantities. The same rule applies to gelatin. The daily rate is no more than 10 g, 5 g each morning and evening.
Features of gelatin nail treatment
Before starting gelatinous procedures, be sure to do a hygienic manicure, clean your nails, remove varnish and wipe the nail plates with hydrogen peroxide or alcohol. To increase the healing effect, massage your fingers, so the blood flow to the soft tissues will increase and the substances contained in gelatin will be better absorbed.
Trays with gelatin for nails
For any cosmetic procedures, including nail baths, ordinary edible gelatin without dyes is suitable.
Here are some recipes for gelatin bath mixes:
- Monocomponent … Dilute gelatin with water (half a glass of water - 1 tbsp. L. Powder). When swollen, heat, stirring, in a water bath. Never bring the solution to a boil so that it does not lose its beneficial properties. When it cools down, you can put your hands in it. The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes. Rinse off with plain warm water.
- With herbal decoctions … Herbal decoctions go wonderfully with gelatin. For example, combine 1 tbsp. l. diluted in the above method of gelatin with 1 tbsp. l. decoction of chamomile and carry out the procedure.
- With lemon … In a mono-component gelatin solution (half a glass), add a little lemon juice (1 tsp) or 2-3 drops of lemon aromatic oil.
- With lemon and honey … In addition to lemon juice, add another 1 tsp to the gelatin solution. honey, previously melted in a water bath, to stir better.
- With olive oil … In half a glass of gelatinous solution, add 1 tsp. olive oil.
- With apple cider vinegar … Add 1 tsp to the gelatinous solution. apple cider vinegar.
Know! You can add any essential oil you like to the gelatin solution, this will not only give the bath a pleasant aroma, but also enhance its effect.
Gelatin nail masks
Gelatin nail masks, as well as baths, are extremely useful, especially after nail extension.
Here are some options for such masks:
- Monocomponent … Saturate a cotton pad or gauze pad with a gelatin solution cooled to 40 degrees, apply it on the nail plates for 20 minutes. After the procedure, wash off the gelatin with slightly acidified warm water (adding apple cider vinegar or lemon juice to it).
- Honey-lemon … At 5 tbsp. l. gelatinous solution, take 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice and honey.
- Almond-lemon … Add essential oils of almond (1 tsp) and lemon (4 drops) to the gelatinous solution.
- Dairy … Dissolve the gelatin not in water, as usual, but in milk, and make a mask with this mixture.
Important! While you are undergoing a course of healing gelatinous nail procedures, do not use varnish.
How to drink pure gelatin for hair and nails
You can make a drink from gelatin and use it internally, this will strengthen not only your nails, but also your hair, as well as improve the condition of the skin and cartilage in the joints. Here is a classic recipe for such a drink.
Take 2 tsp. edible gelatin, pour half a glass of warm water and let it swell. This can be done in the evening and left until morning. In the morning, heat the swollen gelatin in a water bath or in the microwave, adding half a glass of water to it, without bringing to a boil, stir until completely dissolved. Then add 1 tsp. lemon juice or some ascorbic acid powder and stir again, this additive will improve the absorption of collagen.
The same effect can be achieved if vitamin C is consumed simultaneously with a gelatinous drink. It is also advisable to take iron supplements at this time.
To enhance the taste, the drink can be sweetened with, for example, honey or healthy cane (brown) sugar.
A drink with gelatin is drunk for two weeks in the morning one hour before meals, then they take a break for a week and drink again for two weeks.
If a gelatinous drink causes you constipation, eat dried apricots, figs, cabbage, dill, beets, tomatoes more often during the course of the treatment course. These foods have a laxative effect. Senna tablets will also help.
It is interesting! Gelatin was discovered and patented in 1845 by engineer Peter Cooper. But for 50 years, this invention was considered useless until another inventor named Pearl Waite came up with a delicious gelatinous dessert - jelly.
How to drink nail gelatin with drinks
You can use gelatinous drink not only in pure form, but also in a mixture with other drinks.
Here are the two most popular options:
- With orange fresh … Prepare a drink with gelatin in water and add freshly squeezed orange juice to it. The vitamin C it contains will help the gelatin to be absorbed better.
- With milk … Pour in 2 tsp. gelatin with warm low-fat milk (2/3 cup) and let it swell overnight. Then heat in a water bath or microwave, without boiling, stirring, wait until the gelatin is completely dissolved, and add 2 tbsp. l. honey and a little vanilla sugar. Stir, cool to room temperature and drink. If you put it in the refrigerator, you will not get a drink, but no less healthy and tasty milk jelly. Milk drink with gelatin, in addition to the benefits for nails, hair, skin and joints, also strengthens the immune system and helps those who suffer from frequent nosebleeds.
You can add various drinks to a gelatinous drink, for example, green tea, any fruit juice or compote, adding honey as a sweetener.
How to take nail gelatin with food
In the food industry, gelatin is used to make ice cream, jellies, creams and mousses, as well as jellied ones. All this can be prepared at home, mixing gelatin with different products and getting a healthy and tasty dish.
Here are some simple recipes:
- Bone broth … This is everyone's favorite jellied meat, which usually appears on the table on New Year's Eve. It is prepared simply: bones with a certain amount of meat are cooked until the meat falls off them. For a healing effect, drink 2 cups of this broth or eat soups based on it. Frozen jellied meat is no less useful.
- Honey gelatin … 1 tsp dry gelatin, pour half a glass of cold water and let it swell overnight. In the morning, add 100 ml of warm water and 1 tbsp. l. honey.
- Gelatin with fermented milk products … If you do not suffer from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, you can mix low-fat kefir, yogurt or cottage cheese with gelatin. Pour 1 tbsp. l. gelatin with a little water and let it swell, then mix until smooth with a fermented milk product. Eat a little of the resulting gruel throughout the day. In the refrigerator, it can solidify in jelly.
For better digestibility, dishes with gelatin should be chewed thoroughly. And so that they always turn out successfully, strictly follow the instructions attached to the gelatin, because it differs in quality from different manufacturers.
Gelatin wraps
Another way to strengthen your nails with gelatin is to use wraps with it. Before that, prepare a regular gelatin solution (pour 1 tbsp. L.gelatin powder 100 ml of water, letting it swell overnight, and then adding another 100 ml of water and heating until completely dissolved).
In the resulting solution, cooled to a temperature acceptable for the hands, moisten a cotton pad or a small gauze cloth and wrap each nail with it. Then put on plastic gloves on top, and on top of them - warm mittens.
Various components can be added to the gelatinous solution to enhance the effect, as in masks and baths. The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes. Then everything is removed, and hands are washed with warm water acidified with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.
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[media = https://www.youtube.com/watch? v = Dl61VVOzQMs] Gelatin for nails is not a panacea, but one of the cheapest and most effective ways to improve their appearance. This remedy, available to all, can be used both for the prevention and for the treatment of weakened nails.
