Oct 10

Treating Hangnails Properly To Prevent Infections

By : Sole Purpose/ Tags : Dee Dee Harper, Fixing Hangnails, Florence Foot Care, Florence Pedicure, Hydration Steam Treatment, Northern Kentucky foot care, Northern Kentucky Pedicure, Pedicure, Treating Hangnails/Category : Hangnails, Services/0 Comment

If dry scaly feet aren’t bad enough, we often have to also deal with hangnails. Hangnails can hurt and if not treated and manicured properly can lead to the possibility of infections.

What is a hangnail?

A hangnail is a piece of skin that separates from the side of the cuticle.

What Causes Hangnails?

There are several issues that can trigger hangnails. Iif cuticles are pushed back too aggressively this can cause the cuticle to get irritated and lead to hangnails. In addition, nails that are not routinely moisturized can begin to crack and break away-leading to hangnails.

How to Remove a hangnail?

First of all, it is very important that you do not rip them off. If they are ripped off, it can leave an open wound, which invites bacteria that can lead to an infection. Hangnails need to be removed very delicately:

Clean your nails with an antibacterial soap.
Trim the hangnail off from the base with a cuticle nail clipper.
Add an anti-bacterial ointment and cover it with a band-aid for about 2-3 days.

How to prevent hangnails?

It is very important to keep your cuticles moisturized. Cuticle oil is a great moisturizer that’s also very nourishing for your cuticles and helps the overall health of your nails. It is recommended to moisturize at least once a day before bed. Some other options can include regular use of lotions as well as vitamin E for hydrating your skin and cuticles. Finally, your manicurist should never cut your cuticles. Remember, the cuticle protects the root of the nail from invasions of fungus and bacteria. Also, know that your nail tech should use sterilized tools and disposable nail files.

You can try this all yourself

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Leave it to Dee Dee who has 20 years of experience in the nail industry keeping nails healthy and looking their best!

Contact Dee Dee (859-653-2320) to get started today!

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About Sole Purpose Foot Care

Dee Dee Harper, MNT, ANT, PMA

Sole Purpose Foot Care, Owned and Operated by Dee Dee Harper, provides a fun, intimate, and inviting atmosphere for your nail services. Dee Dee’s has 20 years of experience in the nail industry and takes pride in providing healthy foot care for all ages and genders. She loves transforming unhealthy feet into a solid building blocks of well being. Dee Dee helps healthy clients and clients who are suffering from health issues. She is currently the only individual in the Tristate area and the entire state of Kentucky to have a Medical Nail Technician (MNT) certification, an Advanced Nail Technician (ANT) certification, and a Podiatry Medical Assistant (PMA) certification. As a medical technician, Dee Dee can perform safe cosmetic pedicures on people who are healthy or chronically ill suffering from controlled diabetes, arthritis, psoriasis, thyroid disease, people taking or that have taken chemotherapy or radiation, and other health issues.

Sole Purpose Foot Care

5.0

Based on 15 reviews

Jennifer Peterson

23:06 03 Mar 20

Dee Dee is amazing! So thorough and attention to detail. Love the new location. Jennifer Peterson

17:36 25 Jan 20

great place

Duane Plapp

01:04 02 Dec 18

They are the best

Mary Morrow

00:18 20 Nov 18

Dee Dee is great, knowledgable, gentle, does a fantastic job. I'll be going there regularly.

Blackwell Construction and Maintenance

22:47 25 Feb 17

Me and my boyfriend walked out and felt like we were walking on air seriously! We were traveling and only going to be in town for a few days I googled and found Dee Dee's. I picked her because of all the excellent comments. Comments have nothing on the total experience. I feel like I've never had a pedicure until today!! My boyfriend walked out chanting "Dee - Dee do your feet... make my feet feel really sweet" Lol! What a great person what a great experience. Can't wait until the next time... Thank you so much Dee Dee!

Andrea S

00:33 23 Oct 16

Excellent service always; the cleanest place I have ever been too; Dee Dee is awesome!

David Clegg

18:52 09 Feb 16

Pedicures are pedicures, right? Wrong. Since I first met Dee Dee, I was struck by her passion for people's feet. Her passion is also educational; she taught me, for example, that water on the skin dehydrates, but water in the body hydrates. Maybe everyone else knows that, but I didn't. She also explained that while other facilities may sanitize their implements she sterilizes her's in a autoclave, in the same way a hospital would for surgical equipment. Each time our path would cross she would say, "you have to come in so I can show you what I do." Well, you can only resist her so long...I'm glad I gave in, what a great experience. As you walk into her studio you feel like you're walking into her home, it's very warm and inviting. I waited about 6-7 minutes while she finished with the customer ahead of me. When she brought me back she made me comfortable in a giant leather recliner. Then she began to work her magic! Since Sole Purpose is a water-less system I didn't have the endless foot aerobics like you have at typical shops; in the water, out of the water, in the water...etc. It's far more relaxing to kick the recliner back and watch her do what she loves. Even working on my cuticles, there was never any pain like I'd experienced in the past at other salons. May I also say, the paraffin treatment is terrific! (Worth it!) So in about 45 minutes or so my feet were perfectly tended and ready for my socks that she kindly warmed first. Really a class act both the facility and Dee Dee. Well done!

Laura Whiting

20:00 10 Jul 15

Fantastic service. Dee Dee is passionate about what she does and it shows. She offers a unique experience in pedicures and is always striving to offer her clients the safest foot care available.

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