Beautiful smooth hands reveal a great deal about a personality.It is certainly well cared hands are noticed and admired even if they are not the classically perfect shape.

Wash your hands regularly with a fresh smelling soap and keep a supply of cologne impregnated tissues at work or school for quick refreshing wipes between washing. These tissues can be used without drawing attention to your problem.

Keep the rest of your body and your mental approach cool in difficult situations. Try to acquire confidence in your work, opinions and actions. Be fastidious about all aspects of personal hygiene, not only your hands, so that you can be confident that you are pleasant to be near. Avoid clenching your hands in moments of tension. Make yourself keep your hands flat on the table, since simply clenching them does help trap annoying excess moisture.

Because hands work so hard, they are vulnerable to cuts and bruises. If you are I all thumbs' when it comes to a tricky job, then you have probably had your fair share of minor hand injuries, and you know how inconvenient and painful they can be. This is how to treat those awkward injuries and avoid them occurring again.

Cuts between the fingers

These are particularly dangerous because they can sometimes cause lockjaw, Get in touch with your doctor immediately in case stitches are necessary. Always try to handle instruments with a sharp or jagged metal edge for example opened food cans, rusty tins and garden tools, with great care.

Bruised fingers

Doors slamming on fingers or hammers brought down on them should be treated immediately. Check a badly bruised finger or thumb to make absolutely sure there are no bones broken. Rest it for a while in a sling, if you are tempted to use it, then exercise it a little at a time until the bruising disappears. The next time you use nails and hammer, lightly tap the nail in place and save the big thump for the moment when the nail is able to stay ' in place without the aid of your fingers.

Cut or grazed knuckles are sometimes slow to heal since the skin across the knuckle is stretched taut every time the hand is bent. Bandage the cut so the hand is forced to remain straight until heating is well under way. Avoid walking too close to rough walls which could scrape this part of your hand.

Cut fingertips should be washed and bathed with antiseptic, then use a protective covering until they have healed. Some improbable materials can cause this type of cut a sheet of paper, a blade of grass, a piece of sewing thread or string.

Warts

These are caused by multiplication of skin cells which may be triggered off by rough skin or an infection. They are notoriously stubborn to get rid of and old wives' tales abound on methods for their 'magical' destruction. If you have one or a crop of these unsightly skin growths, do not fiddle around with them. The recognized form of treatment is to burn away the offending wart with a caustic cream or liquid. just the top of the wart should be covered with the caustic solution or compound. If this does not work, then do consult your doctor.

Splinters

Whether wood or metal, splinters should be removed as soon as possible. If they are deeply embedded in the flesh they should be removed by your doctor. If the splinter is sufficiently near the skin's surface for you to remove it yourself or for a friend or colleague to do it for you, then take the following precautions.

Wash the surrounding skin with warm water containing a little antiseptic and make sure you use clean cotton wool. The person who is removing the splinter should also wash his or her hands in plenty of hot water. Use a fine, sharp needle as a probe but first sterilize it over a flame. When the splinter is removed make sure all the pieces are out, bathe the skin carefully, apply antiseptic ointment and cover with a clean dressing. Watch the wound for any indication that some foreign body is still present in the flesh puffiness, excessive redness or weeping' and see your doctor.

Rheumatics and arthritis

These complaints can be excruciatingly painful in old age and they can sometimes stem from stiffness which was not treated earlier in life. Keep your hands supple and enjoy a balanced diet with a good quota of minerals and vitamins, to help keep your hands healthy for as long as possible. Remember that one of the joys of retirement is writing; another is reading. Without healthy hands both become very painful and difficult. This is one of the commonest skin complaints which usually affects hands which come in contact with chemicals or modern manufacturing materials. If you do this type of manual work and notice any unusual soreness or rash marks do check this with your doctor, and give him full details of the equipment you are using at work. Watch out for the unusual at home, too: sudden contact with a new household product, such as a polish, washing powder or shampoo can easily cause an allergic rash to occur.

Allergies

Metal allergy is quite common if you are given a beautiful new dress ring or bracelet and notice itching and soreness, underneath it then it is quite possible that you have this allergy. With a new baby, products come into the house which could cause problems sterilizing solution for napples [diapers is usually strong stuff and combined with urine and metal from the pins, can cause unpleasant hand irritations for the young, mother. Never immerse hands in these strong solutions. No matter how busy you are, paying scrupulous attention to the care of your hands and taking precautions against infection will bring its own rewards. No matter what colour nail varnish you use, it will not hide the fact that your hands are not cared for. Remember that, apart from all the other tasks your hands perform, they are a means of expressing yourself Well kept attractive hands will give great pleasure to others as well as yourself, and remember, it is never too late to care for your hands.

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