Dawn I agree !! It starts out red but the next day it feels like a burn , I am going with the finger cot idea and the pencil thingy and I am going to handle my monomer like its toxic waste. I got alot of great advice here Thanks a bunch and hace a great day !! :) Jennifer
--- On Thu, 12/11/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Reaction To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:38 AM Jennifer, I am going to jump in here with my two cents. I am surprised that noe one else has asked why you didn't change brushes when you changed momomer?? That is a big no no. ( folks back me up on this )You contaminate the new product and just might have made your skin problem worse by mixing products. No way to know now but... The big deal is that once you get the skin issues happening they may not go away. I developed one while using Retention+ and a file cut on my index finger. it was a year and a half of missery, before we got it under control I have since switched products and it is better, I still have breakouts but it is managable. Also I ALWAYS wear gloves for every service, it took some getting used to but worth it. It has been about 5/6 years now and I can hardly stand the feel of a file with bare fingers. I wont even do a polish change without gloves. Acetone is bad but polish remover is the worst, the burn on my skin is as bad as a stove. Dawn [email protected] Lancaster,PA -----Original Message----- From: Lynnette <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 9:35 am Subject: NailTech:: Re: Reaction 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 Listen to 350+ music, sports, & news radio stations – including songs for the holidays – FREE while you browse. Start Listening Now! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
