Como continuación de nuestro reciente artículo ‘Is nail oil contributing to the allergy crisis?’ – let us look at the implications of this.
Some thought this was ‘fake news’! It most definitely wasn’t, and it caught the attention of many!
What was ‘new’ about this was the fact that, something suspected by dermatologists for a long time, has now been proved! Oil and other moisturisers are ‘penetration enhancers’. This proof has come from 3 independent studies and published in a well-respected Journal as recently as August 2021.
As nail professionals, we should understand the ‘inhibition layer’, the ‘sticky layer’, the ‘tacky layer’ or whatever you choose to call the unreacted layer of monomers on the surface of a coating that has been uv cured. This also applies to ‘tack free’ / ‘no wipe’ top coats, even though many don’t believe this.
It also relates to the L&P system when the incorrect ratio is used which is always too wet or ‘feeding’ the overlay with more monomer’ to give a longer ‘work time’.
Moving along: I know we have all seen demonstrations and videos where the ‘inhibition layer’ is removed by rubbing the whole nail, backwards and forwards and side to side, with the alcohol cleanser. Right?
This is spreading the unreacted monomers all over the surrounding skin. This is ‘bad practice’!
Muchos respondieron a este artículo diciendo que no se les enseñó a hacer esto, sino que se les enseñó a limpiar hacia abajo con una almohadilla nueva o una zona limpia de la almohadilla. Es una buena práctica. Pero creo que se trata de una minoría.
A continuación, sin lavarse las manos para eliminar los monómeros restantes de la limpieza y el polvo creado por el moldeado (que, para el sistema L&P también tiene algunos monómeros sin reaccionar) se aplica aceite. Esta es una mala práctica.
What the recent research has proved is that any monomer left on the skin (for whatever reason) will be drawn down into the layers of the skin and form an allergen!
So, the ‘good practice’ is using a nail oil; the ‘bad practice’ is not making absolutely sure that no monomer is left on the skin!
Así es como los profesionales de las uñas creen que están trabajando bien al utilizar aceite para uñas y animar a sus clientas a utilizarlo a diario, pero, con los monómeros presentes, ¡¡podrían estar haciendo más mal que bien!
So, cleanse the ‘inhibition layer’ safely; have your clients wash their hands at the end of the application, removing dust prior to colour if present, and before applying oil.
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