Nail Care Services

1. Beauty Care
(Nail Care)
Services
TLE – Grade 7

2. Nail
• Also known as “onyx”
•The hard protective plate
composed mainly by keratin.
• It is an appendage of the skin.

3. The Nail Anatomy

4. 1. Nail Plate/Nail Body
•A hardened keratin
plate that sits on and
cover the nail bed.

5. 2. Nail Bed
•It has many blood vessels as
well as nerves and is attached
to the nail plate by a thin layer
of tissue called the bed
“EPITHELIUM”

6. 3. Matrix
•The area where the nail
plate cells are formed.

7. 4. Lunula
•Is the whitish, half –
moon shape at the
base of the nail.

8. 5. Cuticle
•The dead colorless
tissue attached to the
natural nail plate.

9. 6. Eponychium
•Is the living skin at the
base of the nail plate that
covers the matrix area.

10. 7. Hyponychium
•It forms a protective
barrier that prevents
microorganisms from
invading and infecting the
nail bed.

11. 8. Nail Folds
•Are folds of skin that
surrounds the nail
plate.

12. 9. Nail Grooves
•Slits and furrows
on the sidewall.

13. 10. Nail wall/Sidewall
•Also known as lateral nail fold.
•Is the fold of skin overlapping
the side of the nail.

14. Nail Growth
•The average nail growth
is about 3.77 mm (1/10”)
per month.

15. Why is it the nails
grow more quickly
is summer than in
winter/cold season?

16. REASON
•Because nails are exposed
more to sunlight which consists
of Vitamin D that promotes raid
growth.

17. Why is it the nail
grows faster on the
middle finger and
slowest on the
thumb?

18. REASON
•The nails on the middle
finger will grow quickest
because the blood
circulation is directly in
this area.