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Beth
IP: 207.214.41.15
1/16/2004
18:16:37 |
 Subject: What's the proper use of those drills?
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I am wondering what the proper use of the drill is when doing acrylic fills. If someone was trained at a beauty school, but works at a discount salon, is that ok? Would they be taught the proper way of doing acrylic nails?
Beth
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lisa
IP: 152.163.252.70
1/21/2004
04:13:21 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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BUYER BEWARE! Just because they go to beauty school doesn't guarantee they are using the BEST products. They are discount for a reason--and it's not cause they don't want to make money and are giving you some great bargain.
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Nail Pro Indy
IP: 68.58.109.199
1/25/2004
03:21:26 |  RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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Lisa is right!
Beauty school can teach someone the basics but not everything. Electric files or "drills" should only be used on the artificial nails, not on the natural nail. If you feel burning or discomfort frequently during the service, or if you are seeing bright pink spots or cresent shapes on the nail bed, then they are doing something wrong.
Trust your instinct.
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Anonymous
IP: 62.163.217.58
1/28/2004
09:45:39 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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Always make sure your nails are done by soemeone who knows what is or she is doing with a drill. If you are not sure ask and when in doubt just leave, because the wrong use of a drill can seriously damage your nails.
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Anonymous
IP: adsl-69-109-61-7.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net
6/17/2005
21:38:18 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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The use of those drills is called human torture. I've asked nails techs employed at the nicely phrased "Discount Nail Salons" if they would please perform the rebalance by-hand with a file only. To which I'm told, "No lifting, we only use drill, no lifting". I'm fed-up with the, what we call in California, "Chop Shops". In one day I called over 20 nail salons; (1) I thought I was calling another country, and (2) only 2-3 shops agreed to use the file only. I made the appointment and much to my surprise every 5 minutes the nail tech would try to apply the drill to my natural nail bed. It was a horrific experience but I didnt back down and wouldnt allow the use of the drill (not even on the acryllic).
I knew something was wrong months ago when the nail tech gently applied the drill to my natural nail bed and the drill went through my nail bed, cutting into my skin. I surmised that over prolonged use of the drill on the natural nail bed, it thinned out to the degree that there was no barrier left - onion skin thin nails.
Aside from trying to drill off my entire natural nail bed, the nail techs love to try to go underneath the nail under the free-edge - deep. They end up slicing the heck out of the skin too. I'm not going to try to stereotype anyone, but the majority of nail shops in California are owned and/or operated by one specific ethnic group, and prior to their "Discount Nail Shops" taking over, I can assure you that these types of things NEVER happened with the drill. Not only is there a resistance by the nail techs to stop using the drill, there is a huge language barrier (you know when you've said, ouch that hurts and pull your hand back...they smile, laugh and pull your hand back over to torture you some more)...
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cheryl
IP: 206.159.161.156
6/17/2005
22:21:04 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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.....and we go and keep paying these individuals to keep torturing, thinning, drawing blood and ruining any hope of healthy nails. i'm amazed, mad and frustrated.
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Barbara Wheeler
IP: ac5-webproxy18.direcpc.com
6/18/2005
08:54:19 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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Those drills are designed for detail work in a wood shop. My husband has one that has every attachment known to man.
Think of those shops like an auto repair place. Or Boat repair shop. My brother owns a shop on the island that repairs and builds fiberglass boat hulls and gas tanks. Those nails are being treated as if they were a boat hull. They are bonding the materials to the surface of the nails in much the same manner that my brother bonds the materials to the boats wooden hull.
"HEARD 'UM IN, HEARD 'UM OUT" should be on a sign post out side every one of those places.
There are a few professionals in the business that really care about the health of the clients though. To those few professionals I would suggest that you promote the Natural Nails over the artificial nails, and take back the "manicure" business from the CHOP SHOPS!
Ladies please get over this "PAYING PEOPLE TO DESTROY YOUR NATURAL NAIL!"
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MelissaY
IP: adsl-69-109-61-7.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net
6/18/2005
12:40:52 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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Good-day Ladies,
Cheryl;
Yes, agreed! :-) I've finally made the decision to stop patronizing the Torture Shops. I have all of the same feelings you do (amazed, mad and frustrated).
Barbara;
Wow! That is unbelieveable knowing about the use of those drills. I think some kind of State Board or Health & Safety Department entity should begin to crack-down on the use of those drills; in some legal way if they can. I attended manicuring school and obtained a license from the State Board back in the mid-1980's (but never practiced in a salon, just had the trade for back-up/security), and I'd never seen a drill being used or promoted.
One last horror story; I was working in an office that had an employee fridge. As I was shutting the freezer door my nail must have lodged between a small space and when I pulled my hand back the nail ripped from the nail bed. Ouch!!! Yes, it hurt very badly, bled a lot and took a while to heal. The point of the story being; had the acryllic nail NOT been as bonded to the natural nail (like that of a boat hull), the acryllic should have ripped away from the natural nail vs. the entire nail yanked from my finger tip. The only thing that kept the nail attached was the fact that it ripped off the entire top and sides, but luckily not down passed my cuticle. Not only was it extremely painful but I had to keep it dry as it healed and change the bandaging to ensure that no infection developed.
Hopefully more people can read posts like this and do the right thing; what nature intended.
MelissaY
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cheryl
IP: 206.159.161.156
6/18/2005
15:27:17 | RE: What's the proper use of those drills?
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one person at a time is all it takes. there are just too many horror stories out there to ignore this anymore. i now there are millions of women out here that are never going to give them up, but they need to know what they are really getting into before making this decision.
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