{"id":45701,"date":"2022-04-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nailknowledge.org\/?p=45701"},"modified":"2022-04-18T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:21:27","slug":"manicura-con-agua-o-sin-agua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nailknowledge.org\/es\/blog\/water-vs-waterless-manicures","title":{"rendered":"Manicura con agua o sin agua"},"content":{"rendered":"


When it comes to preparing nails before applying a coating, a very common debate is water vs waterless manicures. There is no shortage of opinions about this topic, but there is a shortage of facts and proper understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creo que los clientes deben lavarse las manos antes de cada servicio. Esto expone las u\u00f1as al agua durante unos 20 segundos, si est\u00e1n bien hechas. Veinte segundos no es un problema, y no afectar\u00e1 a la adherencia. Sin embargo, esto reducir\u00e1 significativamente los riesgos de infecciones de las u\u00f1as en el sal\u00f3n. En mi opini\u00f3n, no pedir a las clientas que se laven las manos es arriesgado y aumenta el potencial de infecciones de las u\u00f1as en el sal\u00f3n, por lo que siempre hay que lavarse las manos antes de cada servicio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the effect of soaking the nail plate in water? That really depends on the nail plates.\u00a0\u00a0Thick healthy nail plates with normally good adhesion to nail coating products will be largely unaffected when soaked in water or when a water manicure is performed. However, clients with thin, weak, or highly flexible nail plates would probably do better without a water manicure. Normally, it will take about 60 seconds for a nail plate to absorb any substantial amount of water. The longer the nail plate is soaked, the more water will be absorbed.\u00a0\u00a0All of this absorbed water can cause the nail plate to swell and change shape. Why? As the water molecules crowd in between the layers of the nail plate, this lubricates the layers and allows them to slide past each other while at the same time forcing the layers apart.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This results in making the nail plate more flexible and more likely to swell and change shape.\u00a0\u00a0The plate could curl up, flatten out or even twist\u2026 depending on its original shape. This happens because the water content of the nail can double, becoming 25-30%.\u00a0Then when the nail plate returns to its normal moisture content of about 15-18%, the nail plate will then revert back to its normal shape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nail coatings applied to a swollen nail plate can\u2019t be expected to adhere well to a moving surface that\u2019s changing shape. As the nail plate dries, the nail coating will be stretched as the nail plate goes through its shape-shifting.\u00a0\u00a0When the nail plate reverts back to its normal shape, this can put stress on the nail coating and cause it to lose adhesion to the natural nail and may result in chipping, peeling, or cracking.\u00a0There is no black and white answer since much of this depends on the client\u2019s nails. Thinner or more flexible nail plates will be much more affected than thicker nail plates which aren\u2019t as flexible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is always why it is so important for nail professionals to understand this type of information. Otherwise, they become a victim of “she said\/he said”.\u00a0This is often just a war of uninformed opinions. It\u2019s better to make decisions based on the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n