Why you can't cut your nails in the hospital

Folk sign “Cut your nails”

Signs by season and month
It is often written about superstitions: why you can’t go to bed during sunset or get married on the day of fasting. Sometimes there are even very bizarre statements: “why you shouldn’t kill a spider,” or what happens if you pet a rabbit on a Saturday afternoon, or when you cut your nails.

Where do these signs come from? Most often, grandmothers become their source. They themselves sometimes laugh at some signs, however, they follow them. This is explained by the fact that the appearance of all superstitions is associated with the repeated repetition of a specific situation that occurred after a certain event. It was remembered, then passed on to the next and next generation.

For example, how to explain that a pregnant woman should not visit a cemetery? She will feel bad. But how can you explain why you need to cut overgrown nails on specific days of the week or why you can’t cut your nails in the evening? You will find out by reading further.

For example:

Curves - greed. It's time to reconsider priorities;
Pointed ones speak of early death. They need to pay attention to health;
White nails speak of the owner's selfishness. More common in singletons;
Soft pink - warmth. Kind personality;
Reds - terrible character, persistent anger;
Blue - problems with health. Treatment may not be effective.

These signs are a consequence of centuries-old observations. Although there is no evidence of this, you need to follow it. Do you want to be sure? Ask the lovely old ladies at the entrance. They will tell you a lot about folk signs. But every little thing provokes a hurricane of events (remember the legendary butterfly that flapped its wing and caused a natural disaster).

Some signs sometimes seem ridiculous to many. However, a meticulous person will find logic in everything. Today there are many signs associated with nails. What is happening is also interpreted from the point of view of official medicine. Every doctor will say: problems with nails indicate diseases of the internal organs or a lack of vitamins.

The nail protrudes in the middle - early death. Such an appearance indicates the presence of heart problems, which is why it is logical that such a person would live at least a happy, but short, life.

Yellow spots - death or misfortune. Such plates will tell about the obstructed blood circulation of its owner or liver diseases. They are also found in patients with diabetes. This is also a consequence of constant stressful situations.

According to popular belief, cutting your nails at night means angering the spirits. And some pagans tend to keep a supply of all their cut nail plates. According to their beliefs, after death they will have to climb the highest mountain, clinging to the ledges of rocks.

Grandmothers will tell you which day of the week is suitable for a haircut. This sign has appeared since the beginning of the 16th century. Magicians say that the best day of the week for a haircut is Monday, and the worst are Friday or Sunday. So, when is the best time to cut your nails?

Cutting your nails on Monday means improved health;
Cutting your nails on Tuesday means money;
On Wednesday - receive good news;
Thursday - new thing. On Thursday it is advised to go shopping;
Cutting your nails on Friday is a sign of sorrow;
On Saturday - meeting with your loved one;
Sunday is unlucky.

Forget about getting your nails done when the moon is waning, as you might find an unfaithful husband. If you cut your hair at night, you can bring disaster upon your family. Even today, many people follow signs in order to live happily. However, whether to believe them or not is up to you. But if you don’t have enough money, try cutting your nails on Tuesday: what if it helps?

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For what reasons should you not cut your nails in the evening or at night?

an evening manicure will bring problems with finances, ill-considered expenses are possible, or you will be deceived by scammers;
cutting your nails in the evening, as well as at night, reduces the efficiency of your activities, so your material well-being may worsen;
At night, dark forces are activated and steal your vital energy, so it’s better to do your nails during the day, when stability is great.

Read also: When you can and cannot cut your nails according to the days of the week and folk signs

Cutting nails in the hospital: signs

Among the people there are many superstitions that limit various actions in medical and health institutions. For example, many people know the superstition that you can’t cut your nails in a hospital, but not many know why.

This sign is largely associated with various surgical interventions in the human body. It is believed that if a person cuts his nails after surgery, he will contribute to long and painful healing of the wound.

It is also not recommended for pregnant women to cut their nails in the hospital. Allegedly, such actions provoke excessive activity of the baby in the womb, which can lead to him being wrapped in the umbilical cord. According to the superstition, similar actions cannot be performed by a girl before a caesarean section, so that the operation is successful and no harm is caused to the baby.

In cardiology and neuralgia, it is not recommended to cut nails only because due to possible worries there is a possibility of getting seriously injured.

Naturally, everyone has the right to choose for themselves what to believe in and what signs to follow. After all, it has been noticed that people’s superstitions come true exactly those they observe and listen to. However, in these days of newfangled technologies, such legends are increasingly losing their relevance.

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When to cut your nails - detailed recommendations on when and how to cut your nails

There are many signs, legends, judgments and superstitions associated with nails. Including when you can cut your nails, when you can’t, at what time of day, in what place, and others. And some of these signs are quite logical.

When to cut your nails

Small children

How to cut baby's nails

There is such a sign among young mothers that you should not cut your child’s nails while he is sleeping. There is also a logical basis for this superstition - in a dream, a baby may suddenly twitch, injuring himself on the scissors. On the other hand, if you use special rounded children's scissors, nothing like this can happen.

So, how to cut a newborn's nails correctly? It is best to do this immediately after taking a warm bath. After warm water, the nails become soft and easier to trim without causing discomfort. Before cutting your child's nails, the scissors must be treated with a disinfectant. Even if no one uses the tool.

A newborn’s fingernails are cut in a semicircle, softening the corners of the free edge, and those on the feet are cut exclusively straight. After the nails are removed, it is recommended to treat the fingers with brilliant green, since it disinfects very well, preventing even the slightest infection from entering the body.

It’s better not to cut your nails when kids sleep, so as not to accidentally wake them up. It's not a matter of superstition, but rather the recommendations of pediatricians. To prevent your baby from accidentally scratching himself, you can put special fabric mittens - “scratch mittens” on his hands.

Cutting nails using special devices

Hospitals and other “non-home” places

There is such a sign that you should not leave cut nails and even hair in “official” places. As if you will definitely return to them later. That is why many superstitious girls and women try not to cut their nails in such places. Especially in hospitals. And if they do cut them, they take the cut nails with them.

There is nothing bad in this, but it is not always convenient to follow such a sign. Therefore, if it so happens that, for example, you were admitted to the hospital urgently, then it is better to ask your loved ones to bring individual manicure tools from home or purchase new ones. It is recommended to treat both of them with a disinfectant (at least hydrogen peroxide) before use.

But on the road (precisely while driving), it is highly not recommended to cut your nails. If only because there is a risk of injuring yourself with scissors while moving the vehicle.

Cutting your toenails

Pregnancy

There are signs that pregnant women should not paint or extend their nails, cut them at night, or even cover them with simple colorless varnish. Allegedly, this could somehow affect the health of the woman or child. These signs are not confirmed in reality.

The only exception is nail extensions. Since during pregnancy a woman’s hormonal background is completely unstable, no master can guarantee that artificial nails will be well received and will last as long as they are supposed to.

But you can trim your natural nails whenever you want: in the morning, during the day, or in the evening. This does not affect health in any way. It is worth noting that there are some rules on how to properly cut your toenails.

Firstly, in the third trimester, bending down to reach your toes is already problematic. Therefore, it is recommended to take a comfortable position so that you do not have to stretch and lean on your stomach. Secondly, the nails are cut to the very root with sharp, thoroughly disinfected scissors, strictly straight. If you have the opportunity to ask someone for help, then you should do it.

It is recommended to file the interfering growing corners on the free edge with a medium-hard file, without cutting them with scissors. You can paint your toenails and fingernails during pregnancy if you want.

Proper trimming of toenails

Tips and tricks

There are several simple rules and tips on how to cut your nails correctly, which will greatly facilitate this process. Firstly, hard and very strong nails are first soaked in a bath with warm water and some kind of antiseptic. For example, tea tree oil. Secondly, the excess length is first removed using special nail clippers, and then cut off or filed away. Thirdly, craftsmen rarely resort to using tools such as scissors. In order not to cause harm to natural nails, it is better not to use them at all.

It is noteworthy that correctly selected comfortable scissors for manicure do not harm the nails so much. So, for example, it is worth choosing a tool with a sufficiently large blade, a curved (semicircular) shape, a comfortable handle, and well sharpened. Such scissors will not “wrinkle” or deform the plate, maintaining its natural growth.

There is another little tip about when is the best time to cut your nails. Either when they break and there is no other option for tidying up the free edge, or when an inconvenient length grows. In all other cases, it is recommended to file the free edge in a timely manner, giving it a beautiful and neat shape.

If the length is removed in time, it does not cause any discomfort, so you can safely choose any nail design you like to decorate your manicure, make it more interesting, and make your image brighter.

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Signs for pregnant women

For women in an interesting position, signs recommend:

Avoid evening manicures before going to bed so as not to make you feel unwell.
Look at your feet so as not to step on a cut piece of a nail, which can lead to miscarriage (but you don’t need to dwell on the negative, your thoughts should be positive).
Be careful when doing a pedicure in the last months of pregnancy. Excessive leaning on the stomach during this period is absolutely contraindicated.
It is better to ask someone to help you take care of your toenails, and sit down in a comfortable position.
Before the procedure, the scissors should be treated with a disinfectant solution.

Read also: Why do extended nails peel off? Nail care

When to cut your nails

Even in the womb, from the end of the third month, the fetus's nails begin to develop. And they are formed from the same tissue as the epidermis of the skin. And a month before birth, the baby’s nails take on their normal shape and reach the fingertips.

Beliefs associated with nails

People (especially women) began to take care of their nails and decorate them long before our era. Already in Ancient Egypt, beauties painted their hands, feet, and at the same time their nails with henna and other coloring herbs. In Ancient China and India, long nails were an indicator of a woman’s high status, since it was clear that with such nails it was impossible to do physical labor, which means their “owner” had the opportunity to constantly rest.

Nowadays, neat nails, well-groomed and clean nails are a sign of culture and education. Back in 1952, a certain etiquette manual issued in Poland read “...a person...keeps his nails clean with cuticles neatly trimmed...”.

Some people claim that nails grow even after a person has died. This is probably why in all illustrations and in all horror films there are ghosts, vampires and other creatures with the status of “non-living” with long nails. In fact, this is not so, it’s just that after death the body becomes dehydrated and, as it were, “shrinks” because of this, it seems that nails, hair and teeth have grown.

Sometimes the nail plate is rejected by the outer layer of skin, which further enhances the effect of “supernatural life” in the corpse. This phenomenon can explain the stories of the bodies of the dead, who allegedly came to life in the coffin and, out of fear, either chewed their nails or scratched themselves and the lining of the coffin, trying to get out.

To keep the nails in place, the embalmers of Ancient Egypt tied them to the phalanges of the fingers, and for especially important corpses they put iron sleeves on the fingers.

Signs with nails

In general, there are a lot of beliefs and superstitions associated with nails and hair cutting. For example, if you notice small white spots on the fingers of your left hand, this means:

thumb - get a gift
index finger - you will have a new friend
middle finger - you will make an enemy
ring finger - a fan will appear
little finger - go on a trip

By the way, many people call these spots “gifts.”

Nails in magic and astrology

Astrological symbols The first mention of the fact that fate can be read by fingernails dates back to 1610 (Ben Jonson “The Alchemist”). In 1620, the astrologer Melton wrote “... yellow spots on the nails are harbingers of death.”

He also advised mothers not to cut their babies’ nails until they were one year old, but to bite them, thereby prolonging the child’s life. Denem, in 1895, added: “...and whoever ignores this advice will raise his child to be a thief...”. Also, in order for a child to grow up honest, it was recommended to cut children’s feet over an open Bible.

I don’t think you should take this advice from astrologers seriously, but it doesn’t hurt to know that hair and nails (that is, those parts of our body that we cut from time to time) should be carefully disposed of, since they are excellent material for causing damage.

However, if you consider that already cut nails and hair do not lose “connection” with their “owner”, it is not difficult to guess that with their help you can be treated and carry out positive spells and magical rituals.

The need to choose a day to cut your nails has been known since the 16th century. Most astrologers and magicians agree - the best day to cut your nails is Monday, the worst are Friday and Sunday.

cutting your nails on Monday is good for your health
cut your nails on Tuesday - attract wealth
cutting your nails on Wednesday means good news
cut your nails on Thursday - get new shoes
cut your nails on Friday - you will soon mourn
cut your nails on Saturday - the next day you will meet someone who really loves you
cut your nails on Sunday - the unclean will be with you all week

Also, astrologers recommend cutting nails according to the lunar calendar, and doing manicures and pedicures during the waning moon. Those who do not follow this rule may face failure when finding a future spouse.

Conclusion

You should not treat these tips with disdain, because if they have not been forgotten for five centuries, then this is not an empty phrase. But you also shouldn’t follow them thoughtlessly. As with other signs and beliefs, it is necessary to find a middle ground. Then even such ordinary things as cutting your nails or hair can bring a little improvement to your life.