There is a general concern about the DIY nail kits on the market, claiming that home gel polish kits are an overexposure reaction waiting to happen. Some even say that this is the reason for the upswing in people’s allergic reactions to enhancement products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eles podem estar certos. O setor de sal\u00f5es de beleza tamb\u00e9m pode ser prejudicado pelas rela\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00fablicas negativas relacionadas ao uso dom\u00e9stico inadequado de tais produtos. Pessoalmente, concordo que pessoas n\u00e3o treinadas e n\u00e3o profissionais n\u00e3o devem usar produtos profissionais para unhas. Tamb\u00e9m concordo que os kits de unhas DIY podem levar a rea\u00e7\u00f5es adversas na pele se as pessoas n\u00e3o os usarem corretamente e evitarem o contato com a pele. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some clients are more likely to develop adverse skin reactions than others. Therefore, it is always best to assume that any client may develop skin sensitivity. Therefore, skin contact should always be avoided. Also, once should always properly cure nail coatings, which further reduces the potential for skin reactions. When properly cured, nail enhancements are not likely to cause adverse skin reactions of any type. Too many clients do develop skin sensitivities because nail professionals do not take care to avoid skin contact and many do not properly cure the coatings. How many clients develop skin reactions? No one can say for certain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adverse skin reactions are an important issue that I will be talking about a lot. However, most, if not all, of these adverse skin reactions are completely avoidable. In other words, the reactions reported are almost always due to incorrect application and\/or improper cure. For instance, some adverse hair bleach reactions result from improper mixing of two-part hair bleaches or incorrect application. This is usually the result of not following the manufacturer\u2019s directions or not heeding warnings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve served as an expert witness in many court cases over the last twenty-five years. Several cases I\u2019ve seen have involved scalp burns. Scalp burns can happen for other reasons as well. Several happen because a stylist accidentally mixed two parts of the powdered bleach with one part of the liquid activator. That is instead of following the directions which call for one part powder bleach and two parts liquid activator. In other words, they switched the concentrations and used twice as much powdered bleach as they should have used. This type of mixing error may cause some hair bleaches to heat to over 150F (65C), which can foam and leak from the foils to burn the thin tissue on the scalp.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many nail professionals appear to be just as likely to overexpose the skin as are the do-it-yourself crowd. I\u2019ve watched nail professionals work for many years and I\u2019ve seen some pay virtually no attention to avoiding skin contact. The skin around their client\u2019s nails is red and inflamed. This type of visible irritation is very likely an early warning sign of a skin problem in development, or maybe a permanent allergic skin reaction.\u00a0\u00a0Permanent allergic skin reactions aren\u2019t what they sound like, but it\u2019s not a good thing either. Rashes and signs of visible irritation often appear to \u201cgo away\u201d after the exposure is discontinued. However, if exposure to the allergy-causing substance resumes, the symptoms may worsen and return.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During my long career, only once do I recall a similar situation in which a retail nail coating product cause a significant increase in adverse skin reactions. This occurred when one of the first UV gel companies in the US began selling their products directly to consumers via a multi-level marketing scheme. Consumers were selling UV gel kits directly to other consumers and with virtually no training. These kits were even being sold at local fairs and street markets. The product\u2019s application instructions were very poor and there were virtually no warnings or precautions on the packaging. Users received far too little information and no warning to avoid skin contact. To make matters worse, the UV lamp was very poorly designed. My testing showed that the nail lamp significantly under-cured the product on the nail. Here is why that matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Os produtos para unhas endurecem quando ultrapassam a cura de 50%, mas devem ser curados at\u00e9 cerca de 90%. Medi o grau de cura desse produto de varejo e acredito que tenha sido de aproximadamente 60%. Ele foi curado lentamente ao longo das 16 semanas seguintes, mas mal alcan\u00e7ou a cura de 70%. Isso significa que os usu\u00e1rios estavam se expondo a p\u00f3\/filmes curados de forma inadequada, o que pode ser uma fonte de algumas rea\u00e7\u00f5es cut\u00e2neas quando ocorre exposi\u00e7\u00e3o repetida e prolongada da pele. Dentro de seis meses ap\u00f3s o lan\u00e7amento comercial desse produto, os usu\u00e1rios come\u00e7aram a desenvolver coceira, vermelhid\u00e3o e outras queixas na pele. Depois de pouco mais de um ano, essa empresa de pregos fechou as portas, o que n\u00e3o foi uma surpresa, considerando os problemas que estavam tendo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n