An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish, and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.
Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics expert at Bijoux Medispa in Belgravia, said that fungi and bacteria are easily harbored under nails, and transferred when touching your face, mouth, other people and objects.
She said: ‘Long nails, nail varnish and nail extensions have always been a no-no for anybody who needs spotlessly clean hands; nurses, doctors, therapists, cooks, mothers and carers.
‘Germs’ such as bacteria, fungi and viruses (including the Coronavirus) can harbour underneath the nail space and easily be transmitted to whatever you touch. Put simply, you cannot see the dirt that lies beneath.
‘Doctors know this and rigourously scrub under their nails before donning gloves and performing surgery; with a sterile nail brush and sanitizing solution. We should now follow their example’.
Take off those artificial nails or cut your natural nails to stay clean and safe.