About 12 years ago I spoke to someone who I consider to be a careful researcher and who had thoroughly examined the issue of paraffin wax cross-contamination from dipping. His research revealed that bacteria and fungi are NOT at all likely to grow in these paraffin baths. That is probably because the water content is so low that infectious organisms could not survive. He also theorized that the wax seals around the hand to prevent bacteria or fungal organisms from escaping into the wax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Esto tiene mucho sentido para m\u00ed y estoy de acuerdo con sus conclusiones. Curiosamente, este investigador s\u00f3lo encontr\u00f3 un caso de organismos infecciosos en un ba\u00f1o de parafina. Entender c\u00f3mo ocurri\u00f3 esto es muy interesante e importante. En este caso, la parafina estaba muy contaminada y ten\u00eda un aspecto muy turbio.\u00a0<\/strong>El enturbiamiento se deb\u00eda a grandes cantidades de agua y otros contaminantes en la cera.\u00a0<\/strong>Si el agua penetra en la parafina, algunos microorganismos pueden sobrevivir. Este fue un caso extremo de contaminaci\u00f3n, no lo que normalmente ocurrir\u00eda.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00bfC\u00f3mo se enturbi\u00f3 y contamin\u00f3 tanto la parafina?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>La raz\u00f3n de esta contaminaci\u00f3n extrema era el propietario del sal\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/strong>That\u2019s right. The owner of the salon had instructed the nail technicians to “save the wax\u201d after removal from the hands. They would then throw it into a container and, each morning, they would re-melt the previously used wax into the paraffin bath. All that just so the salon owner could save a little money.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, this is clearly improper to do, highly risky, and certainly against the paraffin manufacturer\u2019s directions. This was a blatant misuse of the product! Only fresh wax should be put into a paraffin bath. All used wax must be disposed of after a single use because paraffin wax is not reusable. After completing their testing, these researchers concluded that when a paraffin bath is regularly cleaned and all used wax is properly disposed of without reuse, it will be extremely unlikely for infectious organisms to survive and cause infections. I\u2019ll add that if clients wash and dry their hands before the service, then the potential contamination becomes even less likely. These conclusions are also in complete agreement with other research that I\u2019ve read on this subject. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Otros estudios sobre la parafina recogida en salones de belleza y sometida a pruebas de contaminaci\u00f3n por bacterias u hongos no han encontrado ninguno de ellos. Por lo tanto, esto me lleva a apoyar la conclusi\u00f3n de que sumergirse en un ba\u00f1o de parafina para realizar servicios de sal\u00f3n es una pr\u00e1ctica segura. La contaminaci\u00f3n cruzada de la parafina es algo que ocurre muy raramente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would like to add a word of caution. Common sense dictates that clients with open sores or visible signs of infection should not have these services. The researcher I spoke about did not suggest this as a concern. However, I\u2019m adding this warning to remind salon professionals that they should not perform services on any client with a visible infection of the skin or nails. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About 12 years ago I spoke to someone who I consider to be a careful researcher and who had thoroughly examined the issue of paraffin wax cross-contamination from dipping. His research revealed that bacteria and fungi are NOT at all likely to grow in these paraffin baths. That is probably because the water content is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":49754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Paraffin Wax Cross-contamination","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"I spoke to someone who I consider to be a careful researcher and who had thoroughly examined the issue of paraffin wax cross-contamination.","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-and-safety","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n