Why do old people say that you can't cut your nails at night? How to cut your nails correctly

Nails that are too long will affect normal study, life and work, so everyone will trim them regularly, but there are actually many opinions about cutting nails. So why do old people say that you can’t cut your nails at night? How to cut your fingernails correctly?

Why do old people say that you can't cut your nails at night?

【 Superstitious belief 】

1. The Yin energy is very strong

At night, the Yin energy is very heavy and the Yang energy is very weak. At this time, the human body is also in a weak state and is more vulnerable to attacks from unclean things. In addition, cutting nails will make a sound, which will be more abrupt and obvious in the dead of night, and easily attract the attention of evil things. If you are weak and sickly, or if you have a lot of yin energy, it may cause serious illness.

2. Impact on health

The light is not very good at night, and people's mental state is not as active as during the day. If you cut your nails at this time, it is easy to cut your fingers due to carelessness, and it may cause unnecessary bleeding. Of course, more importantly, cutting your nails at this time will affect your health fortune. Compared with the people around them, their resistance and immunity will be weaker, and their physical fitness will be worse.

3. Lower your luck

If you cut your nails at night, your luck will become worse. No matter what you do, you will encounter certain obstacles and it will not go smoothly. The whole person will obviously feel that he or she has become unlucky, and there are many villains around him or her with ulterior motives. The pressure is very high, money will become very tight, and the physical condition will become very bad. What's worse is that he or she may encounter accidental bleeding.

【 Scientific statement 】

In the era when the elderly lived, the lights were relatively dim, not as bright as they are now. The lighting tools they had were at most candles or oil lamps. In such a situation, if you cut your nails, it is easy to accidentally hurt the flesh. The elderly have also developed a habit of not cutting their nails at night.

How to cut your fingernails correctly

1. When trimming nails, trim the middle first and then the sides. The advantage of this is that it is easy to control the trimming length. You can use the middle of the nail as a reference to avoid cutting the corners too deeply, which will cause the trimmed nails to be uneven and irregular. Otherwise, the newly grown nails can easily become embedded in the soft tissue, becoming "ingrown nails", damaging the skin around the nails, causing purulent infection in the subcutaneous tissue, and triggering inflammation.

2. When cutting, cut slowly and evenly. Do not force the nail clippers or scissors into the gaps between the nails to cut. The top of the nail left after cutting should be slightly longer than the nail flesh. If the nail has sharp corners, be sure to round them off. Human fingernails grow at an average rate of about 0.7 mm per week. It is recommended that you trim your fingernails once to twice a week.

3. When trimming your nails, never cut them too short, otherwise your nails will separate from the nail bed when you pick up things, do housework, or grasp things. The nails will not play the protective role they should have, and the place where the object directly contacts your hand is the tender flesh at the front of your fingers, which will make you very uncomfortable. The soft tissue at the front of the finger is not covered by the nail, so the tip of the nail will grow inward. In severe cases, it will induce paronychia, which will cause considerable harm to you.

4. If you find redness, heat, or pain on the edge of your nails, you may have paronychia. At this time, if the nails are a little long, it is best not to trim them. You can use hot compresses, apply erythromycin ointment and other methods to reduce inflammation. It is not too late to trim them after the pain is basically gone.

5. While trimming your nails, you should also do some simple hand and finger massages to promote blood circulation in your fingers and provide sufficient nutrients to your nails. You can also choose some nail-protecting nourishing oil to keep your nails shiny and tough.