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Carmen
IP: b2064.static.pacific.net.au
6/27/2005
18:26:45 |
 Subject: ouch!!!!!!!!
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Hi everyone. For those who dont want to hear about acrylic nails - pass over this thread now. Those who like a challenge - read on.
I have very very poor natural nails. Runs in the family. My mother has them, my brother and anyone whose hands you care to look at on the maternal side.
5 years ago I got a full set of acrylics. Wow. What a difference. I was so pleased with the result. Things went along happily for 4.5 years. I went to the same girl each time and life was sweet. 6 months ago, I got my refills done. My cuticles were a little red and strangely itchy. Didnt take a great deal of notice and concluded that since I have immensely dry skin, this probably was just my hands yelling out for moisture. I rubbed in hand cream and continued on.
Over the next few months, each refill brought harsher results and I got rather perplexed about it. I changed to gels. Hated them but in the meantime my cuticles had returned to normal and were no longer irritated. I went back to acrylics last week. With 4 hours of having them done, the itch started. This time it was cuticle, around the nail edge and under the nail tip. As time went on, blisters developed on all cuticles and around the nail edge. Ice water was the only thing that made it "go away" Within 24 hours the blisters were filled with fluid, and the skin around my nails cracked and split. As the fluid dried over the next couple of days, my nails and the tips of my fingers parted company, the cuticles look like "heel" skin and they bled from every which way. I can only just use the keyboard even now although things are hugely improved. Can anyone tell me what the heck happened? And by the way, there has been no change in the products we have used or the techinician that has cared for me. I am at a loss to understand and more importantly, have no idea what to do now as my own nails are thin, discoloured and have, because of the bleeding, become bruising looking and awful. In any case, my own natural nails were always woeful and ugly. Comments, ideas????
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Michele
IP: 71-33-53-22.albq.qwest.net
6/28/2005
23:18:16 |  RE: ouch!!!!!!!!
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Carmen, I am so sorry about your experience and the pain you must have gone through. A client and good friend had gone through the same thing just a few years ago. She came to me for about 8 years with no problem, then the last time, almost immediately after the set was complete she began experiencing an iching/burning sensation. I called the 1-800 number listed on my product only to get an answering machine. By this time her cuticles and fingertips were red with white bumps. We soaked them in ice water, it helped some but not much. I called OSHA's emergency number, they are the foremost authority on chemicals and their hazards. I explained the situation and read the ingredients, they advised me to not remove the nails yet (of course NO ACETONE) but to soak her nails in a brown soda such as coke or pepsi. The brown soda neutralizes the acid in the primer and the monomer which in fact is similar to battery acid. The white bumps and iching is a reaction to the acid in either product. Now most professional products on the market no longer have an acid base but some of the primers still do and if your nail technician has been using this particular product for some time, she may not know. My guess is that you have developed an allergic reaction to one or a combination of the components of the acrylic product. Be careful what you use on your nails and skin, check for chemicals such as formaldahide and touline these are known to cause skin irrations also. Alleries come in some strange packaging, it could be a bee sting, a flower pollen or even shellfish, not a problem for so long until one time.
Good Luck
Michele
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