Marsha, I sent you a private note on your Facebook with a photo. LMK if you got it. It is not lifting. It is dry from the product. Buenos dias, Lynnette http://www.facebook.com/nailtech Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
-----Original Message----- From: Marsha Rubino <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 14:20:03 To: <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: White spots caused by gel/acetone? I received this note from my long time friend who lives in Florida. You can see my response to her following her note to me. I'd like your opinion on this problem, please. Marsha @ GimmeNails Hi Marsh: I have a professional question for you about my nails. I have been getting the new (for me & my salon) Axxium brush on nail gel. I really love the look and it lasts me about 2 weeks. Here's my problem, I have to soak to get the gel off so that it can be reapplied. My nails feel very thin and I get these terrible white spots on my nails. In fact I can't even have a french manicure because you can see the white through the gel. Anyway, do I have to soak in acetone; is there any other method of getting the old gel off? Do you think I should stop getting the gel or is it okay that my nails don't look so great without polish. My manicures, without gel, last 2 days at the most, that's because my nails peel. I just don't have good nails that's why I love the brush on gel. Let me know what you think. Thanks a lot. Love Ya' M Hi Marilyn! I have crappy nails too and mine also feel thin when I take the gel off. Unless a file is involved, and over used, your nails aren't physically thinned by using gel. There is an amount of moisture produced in your nail bed (that's what the natural nail is attached to). That moisture works it's way to the surface of your natural nail where it evaporates leaving a surface covering of sorts. Remember when you wore traditional gel and the technician had to remove that surface (usually with a fine buffer) inorder for the gel to stick. Gels, once cured, do not absorb anything from their surface or from your nail bed under the gel. So, that moisture gets trapped inside your natural nail structure and your nails feel soft. Soft nails will bend easily and split and delaminate. Once the moisture has evaporated fully and the surface on your nail has reestablished itself, your nails should return to normal. After becoming accustomed to having strong nails through the use of gel or acrylic, I think people forget what their natural nails suffered! White spots on nails are normally a result of the natural nails separation from the nail bed. Most commonly they occur because you've suffered a blow to that spot causing injury. Not a blow hard enough to cause bleeding. I get them sometimes and I have no recollection of any injury. As I recall, you were wearing traditional gel and had no white spots occurring. So based on that, I'd conclude you are not allergic to gel. The caveat being that Soak Off Gels undoubtedly have a different chemical makeup in order for them to soak off. It's possible you may have a sensitivity to something in the new SOG. It's also possible you have developed a sensitivity to acetone. I should ask if the white spots occur around the perimeter of the nail or are they in the center and not touching the outer edges of the nail. All gels can be filed off, even SOG. It sort of defeats the purpose to file them off + the tech must take care to not file too aggressively. Tradional gels must be filed off. Axxium gel is good gel. I haven't heard concerns like yours. I'm going to post your question to my online nail tech friends and see what they have to say. -- 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. -- 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.
