How do you get rid of stains under your nails?

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asked Jan 24, 2022 in Body/Skin by noahpaul (710 points)
How do you get rid of stains under your nails?

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answered Feb 3, 2022 by DredgenFade (1,690 points)
To get rid of stains under your nails use some vinegar and some water to soak your fingernails in.

Soaking your fingernails in some vinegar and water can help dissolve and remove the stains from under the fingernails.

Then use a fingernail brush to brush underneath your fingernails.

You may have to soak your fingernails in the vinegar and water more than once depending on how bad the stains are under your fingernails.

To use white vinegar to get rid of the stain, in one cup of warm water add one teaspoon to one tablespoon of distilled white vinegar.

Soak your nails for about eight minutes and then rinse your hands under lukewarm water.

If you have black stuff under your fingernails it's usually a condition called a splinter hemorrhage because it may look like a wood splinter under your nail.

The condition is caused by damaged small blood vessels underneath your nail.

Characteristics include the following: It's black or reddish brown in color.

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