Some recent Blogs here plus some ‘Ask The Experts’ have talked about unreacted monomer left on the skin. This can come about from filing and shaping enhancements or when using a ‘builder’ UV gel. It can also happen if an uncured product touches that skin or during the removal of the inhibition layer.
This applies to both clients and nail professionals! With or without wearing gloves!
Si lees los Blogs, verás que el uso esencial de los aceites de uñas pueden favorecer las alergias if there is any trace of monomers on the skin. The use of nail oils is ‘non-negotiable’ but monomers on the skin is entirely avoidable.
This nail sector has a very large percentage of ‘home salons’ often in a dedicated garden room with no water supply. Is this a problem? Well, yes it can be! But there are solutions.
Hay muchas fases durante un servicio de uñas en las que lavarse las manos con agua y jabón líquido garantizará la seguridad de la clienta. ¿Cuáles son?
- L&P services. The L&P system can take many hours to properly polymerise. Even if you are using a matched system and the correct ratio (usually ‘medium dry’) by shaping the overlay there is a good possibility that some unreacted monomers will be released in the dust. These need to be washed away from the clients’ hands before the finishing stages and certainly before the application of nail oils or hand creams.
- A dust brush is not as efficient as washing; it can bring oils from the skin down onto the nails and the brush needs to be a clean one for every client.
- Any shaping or filing when using a UV cured product has the potential to have uncured monomers in the dust.
- When using a UV cured top coat (and this also applies to a ‘tack free’ or a ‘no wipe’ top coat) the final cleansing can easily leave monomers on the skin.
En todas estas fases, es esencial lavarse las manos con agua y jabón líquido antes de la fase final, es decir, masajear con un buen aceite de uñas.
We have all learned the importance of hand washing through the pandemic but it has many other implications for us as nail pros. Hand sanitisers may be useful for viruses, but they do not wash away debris. Wet wipes are, again, a good temporary solution when no water is available. But NOTHING takes the place of proper hand washing.
Para los que trabajan sin agua corriente hay muchas soluciones, y éstas deberían existir por cualquier motivo de salud y seguridad.
- Existen muchas soluciones de lavabos portátiles con agua corriente
- Si ésta es una opción demasiado cara, existen numerosos y atractivos soportes para agua con grifo. Estos, con un cuenco debajo (que se vacía después de cada cliente), jabón líquido y toallas desechables es una solución perfecta.
Please do not dismiss this important step in your nail services. Why risk the health of your clients in the fight against allergies. You will just lose them as a client.
Lea también: ¿Contribuye el petróleo a la crisis de las alergias? Blog para comprender mejor los hechos.
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