Dirty Fingernails

[badhorsey]

My fingernails are always dirty! Is there any particular reason for this? I'm a clean person, work in a clean office, yet they always seem to accumulate gunk...

[Robb Phoenix]

Cut them.

[sandrajo]

Try and keep them as short but neat as possible. Rub vaseline over and under the tip of your nails every morning and see if it helps any.

[funnygirl]

Buy a nail brush and use it every time you wash your hands!!!

[pastafreak]

You could try rubbing your finger-tips and nails in a lemon....this will help remove discolouration of both nails and skin,and your nails will look cleaner.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Yurgh.. Thanks tonyted you just reminded me of a bloke I know in the pub.

badhorsey - soaking your hands in a bowl of hottish water every few days (if you can't do it every night) will probably sort out the dirt. I used to do the dishes without rubber gloves so the nails were always gleamingly clean. However, as they and the cuticles were in rubbish condition I started to use rubber gloves so they no longer got the benefit of their nightly soak as I was washing up and started to look grubby. After their soak in a bowl of water I put cuticle oil all over, or hand cream if you haven't got cuticle oil. Just stops the flaking skin and nails. No idea if you're male or female, or use nail products or not, but you may as well take care of your fingertips in any way you can!

[badhorsey]

Thanks for all the responses! I'm male, by the way. I use a nail brush and wash my hands several times a day. My nails are quite short too! But they still get grubby...