If you don’t need 12 tubes of superglue, dollar stores often carry 4 tiny tubes for a buck or so.
I’m glad that superglue is working for you! I personally find that a combination of sharp nail clippers used at the first sign of a hangnail, and keeping my hands moisturized, works for me. Flush cutters of the sort you’d use to trim the sprues off of plastic models are also amazing for removing proto-hangnails without any jagged edge.
Another trick to avoiding hangnails is to prevent the cuticles from growing too long, by pushing them back regularly. I personally like to use my teeth to push back my cuticles when showering, since the cuticle is soft from the water, my hands are super clean, and it requires no extra tools. I recognize that this is a weird habit, though, and I think the more normal ways to push cuticles are to use your fingernails or a wooden stick (manicurists use a special type of dowel but a popsicle stick works fine).
You can also buy cuticle remover online, which is a chemical that softens the dried skin of the cuticle and makes it easier to remove from your nails. It’s probably unnecessary, but if you’re really trying to get your hands into a condition where they stop developing hangnails, it’s worth considering.
If you don’t need 12 tubes of superglue, dollar stores often carry 4 tiny tubes for a buck or so.
I’m glad that superglue is working for you! I personally find that a combination of sharp nail clippers used at the first sign of a hangnail, and keeping my hands moisturized, works for me. Flush cutters of the sort you’d use to trim the sprues off of plastic models are also amazing for removing proto-hangnails without any jagged edge.
Another trick to avoiding hangnails is to prevent the cuticles from growing too long, by pushing them back regularly. I personally like to use my teeth to push back my cuticles when showering, since the cuticle is soft from the water, my hands are super clean, and it requires no extra tools. I recognize that this is a weird habit, though, and I think the more normal ways to push cuticles are to use your fingernails or a wooden stick (manicurists use a special type of dowel but a popsicle stick works fine).
You can also buy cuticle remover online, which is a chemical that softens the dried skin of the cuticle and makes it easier to remove from your nails. It’s probably unnecessary, but if you’re really trying to get your hands into a condition where they stop developing hangnails, it’s worth considering.