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| Barbara Wheeler
IP: 66.82.9.73 3/04/2006 09:32:29 |
 Subject: Topical Treatments & Contact Lenses!Message: I go over and read some of their posts about their concerns, and they are many! These are professionals, in the industry, and I find a lot of their concerns only further validate our mission. The following is something I feel the need to post here in case any of you out there are contact lens wearers and getting "nails" at the your local salon. This is just FYI and is not ment to insight a riot. But it is very informative in the fact that they all were arguing about how safe these products are! "I've almost finished reading Doug Schoons book "Nail Structure & Product Chemistry". There was one fact in particular that I must say has alarmed me!: "Wearing contact lenses in the salon is risky. Vapors will collect in soft contacts and make them unwearable. Even if you wear safety glasses, vapors are STILL absorbed. The contaminated lense can etch the surface of the eye and cause permanent damage. Should an accidental splash occur, the liquid will "wick" under the lense. This will make proper cleaning of the eye more difficult" When I went to have my lenses fitted (about 6 months after I started doing nails) I asked the optician about the safety aspect of wearing lenses whilst working, and I was actually told that it would be fine - in fact it would probably protect my eyes!!! Needless to say - i don't wear them whilst working anymore. I thought I'd put out a poll to see how many of us do actually wear lenses whilst working..." |
| Lynnie IP: 69.207.171.31 3/04/2006 09:46:04 | RE: Topical Treatments & Contact Lenses! Message: I never wore my contacts to a nail visit because I knew that the product permeating the air could adhere to them. Heck, you aren't even supposed to use hairspray after your contacts are in, so it just made common sense to me. I also wonder about inhalation and absorption issues. My mother died from scleroderma, a rare immune disorder. When I read up on that, there is a link between talc and this disease, eventhough it can hit just about anyone. There is a higher incidence and link in barbers who routinely talc the necks of their customers. That made me wonder what the acrylic powder would do to a tech in time, if we will see health effects surfacing in 10 years or so. My friend wore goggles, but not a mask. Again, some of this seems like a nobrainer. |
| Barbara Wheeler IP: 66.82.9.56 3/04/2006 10:03:46 | RE: Topical Treatments & Contact Lenses! Message: That is very interesting Lynnie. Something else I must say about the Nail Geek site too. It seems as though they, the techs in Europe, are much better informed and are actually much more interested in the actual health of their customers then the salons in this country. I am also impressed with the fact that they actually want REAL answers. Not just lifting the corner of the carpet and sweeping all of the crap under the rug. Now I AM really confused as to why they came over here and wanted to fight with us about NOT wearing the topical treatments. Go figure! |
| Lynnie IP: 69.207.171.31 3/04/2006 11:09:13 | RE: Topical Treatments & Contact Lenses! Message: I thought maybe that's where you were reading, Barb! Yes, I've read there too and was impressed the same way you were. The techs seem more concerned with an individual client's issues and finding the right treatment for her. Like you said, that group is more scientifically aware. Training and self-education in the States (or from anyone I've seen) seems to end after a tech has graduated. It's wise for ANY tech these days to consider alternatives to acrylics because natural nails are en vogue and it doesn't have to be the end of a client/tech relationship if a client decides to remove acrylics. Many women who ditch the acrylics would be willing to continue some modified pampering. I'm a little confused about the original argument too. Maybe it's because they felt all topicals and techs are not alike, which is probably a reasonable point. The point here, though, is that your product and treatment is more about exposing and treating the nail and avoiding drying chemicals, no matter what the application. |
| Barbara Wheeler IP: 69.19.14.15 3/04/2006 12:10:32 | RE: Topical Treatments & Contact Lenses! Message: Since I am not personally educated in their field, I rely on input from the ladies here and else where that DO have first hand knowledge with regards to the topical treatments. I just know that the horror stories are consistent, and the damage is as emotional as it is physical. I would love to have a really great tech that I felt I could trust so that I could get pampered to a really nice manicure once a month! What a welcome relief that would be. On CNN the other night, there was this poor man who had just lost his wife because of an infection from a pedicure! How unfair is that? The whole thing is just too, too scary for me! |
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