Phyt-ality

At the beginning of 2008, I had what I considered to be problem hands. No matter what supplements I took or what kind of care I took of my nails, they were constantly tearing, splitting, and looking pathetic. For 2005 and 2006, I wore gloves whenever I was outside to protect my hands from the sun, but it didn’t seem to make any difference. My hands were definitely better at the beginning of 2008 than they had been at the beginning of 2007, but not by much. But in April of 2008, when I was checking out Carolyn’s Facial Fitness, I found her recommendations for hand care. I decided, what the heck - I’ll try this.

I can’t say that my hands look beautiful now, but I do have visible nails on almost all of my fingers. This is a change for me - I haven’t had nails since my 30s. And I also noticed that my typing speed increased: before this year, I typed in the low 70s wpm, and now I type in the low 80s wpm, without me doing anything else different.

I believe the regular massage and exercise of my hands has been good for everything in my hands, including the joints, thus resulting in an increase in typing speed. The part about using the Claws product I ignore, but I try to do the exercises and massages every evening before I go to bed. Try it for a month and let me know if it helps you as well.

Posted on December 2nd, 2008 under Skin • Tags: Nails. • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback