I will be typing or doing something that doesnt involve dirt and i will look down and will see dirt there...how do i prevent it?
2007-08-14 06:05:08 · 18 answers · asked by RAW DIVA™ 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
As stated, it's probably not dirt so much as it's just dead skin and sebum from your own body. Every time you idly scratch your head or arm, the dead skin collects under your nails. It looks dark like dirt because its concentrated under nails, instead of spread out over your whole head/body. Wash more frequently (but not more than once daily), moisturize your skin and use a nail brush to clean under your nails. Keeping your nails short will also reduce how much collects. Fingernails shorter than 3 mm long seem to collect the least amount of microbes (and equally, any other dirt).
2007-08-14 06:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by aaronj924 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you can't really prevent dirt from getting under your nails... Unless you cut your nails back really short. Either wash your hands more often or do what I do... Keep a nail clipper on your key chain and use the little part that extends out to clean under your nails.. Sometimes even the surfaces we think are clean really aren't, but perhaps the dirt your seeing while typing actually got under there before hand... Its hard to tell.
2007-08-14 13:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by Aria 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't prevent it. You can clean your finger nails though or have a lot of showers (the shampoo for my hair gets under my nails and cleans them when I am scrubbing my hair).
2007-08-14 13:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tim Buck 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut your nails, wash your hands, get a nail file with a point to clean them out..
2007-08-14 13:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by Spongeluv11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have that same poblem and i started to realize that it was my hair. I was always scratching my head. Just wash your hair more often and you will start to see cleaner nails moe often
2007-08-14 13:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by jsimp7891 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean your work area and hands regularly. Other than that, there's not much you can do execpt wear gloves
2007-08-14 13:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by samanthahefner 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wash your hands and use a brush under your nails...
2007-08-14 13:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by boredatwork 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use computer key wipes... surprising how much dead skin and sebum builds up over a period of frequent use.
2007-08-14 13:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply by washing your hands more frequently.
2007-08-14 13:09:50 · answer #9 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash your hands a lot!
2007-08-14 13:11:23 · answer #10 · answered by piglovers1&2 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋