Nails too are an important feature of our body
February 7th, 2008 -- Posted in Beauty Tips, Health Reviews, Nail Care | No Comments »We already know a lot of things about nails as how it is made and what it consists of. So we can surely come to a conclusion that nails are as important as many of our body parts are. The nails help in protecting the nerve-rich fingertips. It also protects the tip of toes from injury. There speed of growth is quite good which is about an average rate of 3 millimeters a month. The growth rate also depends upon age, gender. Surprisingly their growth can increase is it’s the write season or a good exercise is done to help them grow well. Hereditary factors are the most influencing factors for a good growth.
According to the western culture, keeping long nails is considered to be a symbol of femininity. Keeping long nails or only keeping long nails on the little finger is considered to be a indication that they don’t do a much of labor work. Though they do work but this is to indicate that they only work in an office setting. During the 19th century in the Balkans, the workers who had white collars used to keep long nails, which would differentiate between the lower class and the upper-class.
