Lynette right again! When I had that horrible case it lasted for more than 6 mths. Gloves or " occlusion" made it worse. I had to change the way I did nails period!!!! I used a lot of ucerin. It helped.
On 12/10/08, Lynnette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jennifer, > I FEEL your pain, too! > One thing to remember is that water is THE most common skin irritant. You > may have the patch from the monomer overexposure, but watch and see if water > irritates it more. > My eczema is the worst it has ever been in my entire life. I took pictures > but it has since calmed down considerably, but it is still bad. > Last week I had quite a few pedis and the water just about drove me nuts. I > am not one to wear gloves for several reasons: it is hard to work with them, > they make my hands sweat and the biggest reason is that the gloves also > irritate the eczema. I cannot win in this situation. > Not only is the water irritating, but I it exacerbates with the massage > creams. I have been using Haken for years and now it is hurting my skin. > This website has some good information: > http://dermnetnz.org/dermatitis/hand-dermatitis.html > Also, I have been taking generic Benadryl hourly. I do not take the > recommended dosage because it makes me too tired. I take the kids liquid and > just take sips every hour on the hour. It really helps and I am not sleepy! > I will post the photos of my hands on my Facebook if you want to see what I > am dealing with. My hands look awful and have never been so dry and ugly! I > am cracked and bleeding in the one knuckle today. > I heard oil of oregano helps, so I have started taking the pills and am > putting the oil on the skin at night. Just an FYI--tea tree oil does > NOTHING. It just smells good. > I do not recommend using cotton gloves at night if you opt to do the glove > and oil thing. I will wear plastic gloves, but then I have to rip them off > since it bothers me. (Yes, I said the plastic gloves irritate the skin more, > but with the oils on the skin, it provides a barrier. ) > Best of luck with this problem. I will guess that you too will have to > suffer with this the rest of your life. > buenos dias, > Lynnette > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jennifer Hopping > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:59:02 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: NailTech:: Reaction > > Hi everybody I hope all of these great Nail Techs are doing good today :) > Lately I have been having product sensitivity it stinks my middle finger > where I hold the brush is red and itchy this is becoming extremly annoying > to say the least I am using a metal brush I am thinking my monomer is > seeping down the barrel and hitting my finger this never happen when I used > a wood brush I know you guys are going to say wear gloves but thats a pain > in the ass too anybody out there have product sensitvity or am I the only > one ??? This truely sucks you can't imagine. I am going to take a benydril > to stop the itch right now. I switched Monomers already so its a general > reaction to monomer I think . Anybody ??What are your thoughts on this one > ?? Jennifer > > > > > > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Athena Elliott CMP,ANT,MNT www.MySpaWish.com www.MediNailTech.com www.SPAthena.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
