At what age can you do a manicure and build up your nails?

Girls often want to be attractive and showy, like mothers and other women, but their desire to do a manicure is not always found in adults. In the USSR, painted nails were generally prohibited in schools - it was considered not only unethical and immodest, but also harmful to children's health. Today, pediatricians are not so categorical, but still the answer to the question of how old a girl can do a manicure and build up her nails is not entirely clear. Let's try to give an answer.

Children do a manicure from birth - mothers take care that the baby’s nails are well-groomed, moderately short, do not wrinkle, do not scratch. And usually up to 8-10 years old girls are quite satisfied with such hygienic finger care. But then there are questions about whether it is possible to paint the nails, grow them, increase them. Most moms immediately begin to object, but they do it without thinking too much about how justified their objections are.

Experts say that with a manicure (in his adult sense) it is better to wait as much as possible.

Other secrets of beautiful hands (capacity, gel varnish) are better left to a later age.

The nail plate of children and adolescents more vulnerable, thin, vulnerable. It is very simple to damage it by improper treatment or insufficient care, whereas the treatment of the nail plate can take quite a long time.

Manicurists believe that the earliest age when a girl can grow nails with gel, are 14 years old. The optimum age is 16 years. The fact is that until the age of 16, the nail plate is actively forming, it is thinner, so grinding can significantly harm it. In addition, up to the age of 16-17 years in the body of young beauties there is an intensive hormonal adjustment - from girls they become girls.

The desire of the girl to have beautiful extended nails is understandable - the first love, competitive relations with the same age, the desire to look more adult. But one desire is not enough - it is necessary to take care of dilated nails correctly and in time, but in practice not every teenage girl in her 14-15 years is ready for this, although she will initially convince adults of the opposite.

With all the advantages of accrued nails, building up is harmful to the nail plate - even experienced manicurists do not argue with that. Even if the procedure is carried out in an elite salon, the master of the extra class will have no benefit for the nail plates of the fingers. But the damage from the building is not so great as to try at all costs to dissuade the daughter from such a venture.A couple of procedures will not cause an irreversible negative effect, but they will be quite enough for the child to satisfy his curiosity, and, perhaps, came to the conclusion that this is not so necessary.

Usually, everything resolved quickly loses the effect of novelty for a teenager, the aura of romanticism and adulthood from the accrued nails flies away, and the appearance of your own nails after removing the accrued ones will be an additional argument in favor of your rightness. Therefore, psychologists advise not to make trouble with a teenager and not to spoil your relationship just because of the build-up.

Today, no one is surprised by a photo of a kindergarten pupil with bright painted nails (for example, for a holiday). Moms paint their daughters their nails, not taking into account that the composition of nail polishes is quite dangerous and can adversely affect the health of babies. So, toluene and formaldehyde entering the decorative coating are especially dangerous. Even a small amount of these substances has a pronounced carcinogenic effect.

But the admonitions of pediatricians often remain unheard, misunderstood and ignored by adults. In this case, be sure to remember that only water-based varnishes are suitable for girls. They are unstable, they are quite easy to wash off with water, they do not harm the child.

Gel Polish - a modern and resistant decorative coating that involuntarily catches the eye with its beauty and spectacularity. On the one hand, gel varnish can be an alternative to building with acrylics or gel with the extension of the nail plate described above, and on the other hand, the gel varnish itself is quite aggressive and requires careful preparation of the nail plate. Teenage thin plates are not ready for such a test.

Experts do not recommend using gel polish before the girl turns 16-17 years old. Curious mom, of course, will meet the masters of nail service, who will be convinced of the complete harmlessness of gel polish. Remember, they are guided by the desire to earn, and not at all concern for the health of your daughter. Doctors say that formaldehyde based on gel polish has a cumulative effect. It penetrates the plate into the body and accumulates there, having a strong carcinogenic effect. Toluene can affect the nervous system, dibutyl phthalate affects hormones, skin and organs of the respiratory system.

Thus, before you introduce your daughter to the “adult” methods of nail design, it is important to teach the girl how to care for her nails. Explain to the child that well-groomed nails look great and without extension, and without gel polish.

About the children's manicure, see the following video.