A Risk of Getting Artificial Nail Fungus

Artificial nails are very popular nowadays. Almost each woman sometimes wears them. So, women just cover their natural nail toes to make them look more attractive. But it was women who had an experience of wearing artificial nails who finally coined the phrase “artificial nail fungus”.

False nails don’t treat the problem but only worsen it.

Well, nail fungus exists in moist and dark environments. So, if you wear false nails when your toenails are already infected, dark and damp environment is being created. False nails impede air flow to and around toenails on feet that are warm and moist and thus create airless conditions necessary for fungus growth.

Toenails are more often infected with fungi than fingernails. Be aware that any false nail that is attached to the natural fingernail increases the risk of having fungus infection. It’s possible to understand that when your nails become yellowish (because they are infected), you wish to hide it because everybody is going to stare at your deformed nails. But when you cover your real nails with false ones, you create even a better environment for fungus growth and multiplication. So, if the nails are covered, nobody can see that they are infected…and being destroyed gradually. In extreme cases, it’s even impossible to apply false nails and hide infected ones because they become so bad. So, that’s why it is a must to solve the problem immediately.

Women suffer from nail fungus infection more often than men because the beauty industry is flourishing. Nowadays, women often visit salons where ‘experts’ cover customers’ natural nails with artificial ones. There is no problem for women to get their nails manicured and pedicured at nail spas, and that’s why a great number of women and some men are visiting these nail shops so often. But these salons can be both a source of pleasure and disappointment for women, as their pretty nails can become infected with fungus from other customers who have fungus in their fingernails.