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Michelle
IP: 64.12.116.66
4/09/2005
23:05:16 |
 Subject: Artifical nails
Message:
Hi. I really need some advice. I have had acrylics before and i love them. But after a while i started to fell this wierd tingling feeling on the tip of my finger. I didn't really pay attention and then i decided i wanted to remove my acrylics after having had them for about a week and a half because i was going to put different types of tips. However, when the women was removing them, my natural nails began to come off with the fake and i have sense let them grow and they are thank god. My question is this, did i have some type of reaction to the acrylics, was it the person who put them on, and how would i go about finding a good place to go to next time to get nails? As well, someone also told me to look into gel nails because it wouldn't cause the same effects. Please let me know what you think.
thank you
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cheryl
IP: 206.159.161.156
4/10/2005
09:01:15 | RE: Artifical nails
Message:
Michelle,
yes, you prorbably did have a reaction to the nails. the tingling in your fingertip was a warning that that the nerves in your finger were having a reaction to the chemicals used to form the acrylic.i said warning. the next time you might not be so lucky and have an even worse reaction. i don't know where you went for them, but many places still use a substance called MMA, even though it's been banned. the hold it has between your nail and the acrylic will physically destroy your own nail. when the acrylic is then removed, the natural nails come off too. you were lucky, they grew back out-this time. i don't advocate acrylics or gels. they will destroy your own nails. if you want to wear them i know there's not much i can say to change your mind. just quit taking them on and off. you're doing far worse damage to them. gels, in most nail salons are not gels. they are priced out at gel prices and are really just acrylics. just know what you're getting. or better yet, just take care of your own nails, which are apparently very forgiving,
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kristin
IP: 24.8.157.204
1/02/2006
18:50:07 | silk or gel wrap nails
Message:
I work in a health care facility and it is their policy that we can not have acrylic nails so I was wondering if silk or gel tips were better for your natural nails and if they harbored less pathogens?
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Lynnie
IP: 69.207.171.31
1/02/2006
20:27:38 | RE: Artifical nails
Message:
Kristin - It would be my guess that if the policy says "no acrylic nails", they would also be lumping gels and silk tips into that category. They all do the same thing - trap bacteria. So, before you even consider it, ask for specifics.
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cheryl
IP: 206.159.161.156
1/02/2006
21:17:50 | RE: Artifical nails
Message:
kristin,
it doesn't matter what the nails are formed out of, they still trap the same bacteria crud in them.
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Barbara Wheeler
IP: 66.82.9.73
1/02/2006
22:03:52 | RE: Artifical nails
Message:
Kristin- I am amazed there is not a mandate for you guys too! A lot of hospitals and private practices have issued "orders" for the removal of the fakes all together.
A large portion of my customers are in the medical field. Most of the males are classical guitarist. I do hope you join the movement toward natural. Most are taking them off now, even without the mandates. They are just not that "big" a fashion statement any more. Thank God!
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Lorraine
IP: 142.179.227.254
1/03/2006
00:31:37 | RE: Artifical nails
Message:
My fingertips became numb, the skin on the tips became hardened and started peeling. When I took the acrylics off, my nails had lifted on the edges. You could not see the damage until the acrylic was removed. Before this we considered using gel instead, but the supplier told my esthetician that once there was an allergy to the acrylic, I would react to the gel as well.
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June
IP: 70.226.217.144
1/03/2006
01:30:14 | RE: Artifical nails
Message:
You are right Barbara. I have noticed more and more on television and in magazines that the natural nails are in fashion now. Nice, neat, clean, natural short nails.
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