How to Get Longer Nails

Your hands tell the world a story about you. Learning how to get longer nails can tell the world that you are a woman who knows how to take care of herself. Long fingernails are a sign that you are not a nervous person who bites her nails. They also indicate that you do invest some degree of time into your appearance---that you care about how others view you. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

How to Get Longer Nails

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Eat the right kinds of foods and avoid starvation diets. Piling on the pizza and other junk food will not give you the long and strong nails you are looking for. For nails to grow long, they must first grow strong. A diet that is rich in B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin E, calcium and essential fatty acids promotes nail health.

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Take multivitamins. A multivitamin is critical if you aren't getting the proper nutrients from your diet. A multivitamin will also help fill any nutritional gaps even if you try to follow a healthy diet. An additional biotin supplement of at least 2.5 milligrams daily boosts nail thickness.

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Exercise regularly. Aerobic exercise gets the blood circulating, which in turn circulates critical nutrients throughout the body. This means that the necessary fuel is getting to your fingernails to keep them growing strong and long.

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Give your fingers a solid workout. Regular typing, piano playing and finger tapping can actually get the blood flowing to your fingers. Blood flow is good when the goal is longer nails---it means that critical nutrients are being delivered to the nails.

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Moisturize your nails often and well. Pay special attention to your fingernails whenever you apply moisturizer to your hands. Maximize moisturizing efforts by applying immediately after bathing and whenever removing nail polish.

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Trim and file your nails frequently. It may seem self-defeating to trim nails when trying to grow them longer, but regular trimming and filing can eliminate many of the rips and tears that would otherwise damage the nail. Trimming and filing is best done immediately after bathing or soaking nails.

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Polish nails. Keeping nails polished with a thin coat of nail polish helps nails retain moisture. Remove and reapply polish once a week for best results.