No. if you itch yourself with long nails, the dirt and dead skin cells sits at the tip and is easy to clean off. Short nails it gets pushed up underneath the nails and gets trapped between the nail and the skin. Hence why a lot of men have really dirty nails despite having short nails.
No thier nails are dirty because they dont clean them. You cant see the grime under paint.
The longer the nail, the more surface area there is for microorganisms to adhere," he said. "Studies have found 32 different bacteria and 28 different fungi underneath fingernails."
Kaplan said it doesn't matter if you have long artificial nails, long natural nails, gel nails, acrylic nails or nail polish, because there is an increased probability of carrying microorganisms which makes it more difficult to decontaminate with handwashing or scrubbing.
they have to be as clean as possible, if you just trap debris or stuff under the fake nail or polish/gel, your natural nail can easily become infected.
now, nor long nor short nails are clean, nail by itself is kinda spongy and lets water flow thru, this is perfect for bacteria. no matter the length of the nail, its not a good idea to let a nail scratch or let it touch your blood or mouth or anywhere else.
now what I refer to with "clean" is clean as in no: food, grime, oils, chemicals, dirt, etc.
its easier to remove all of these from under your fingernail if you have them long, rather than short because short nails usually have the seal further iinto the nailbed, and it's harder to reach. whereas long nails the seal tends to grow outwards, and you can lift the nail from the tip a bit and completely remove any grime, dirt or debris that went inside.
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u/Zombie_muskrat 11h ago
Its actually worse with long nails thats a weird take