Hey Becky.... Many moons ago, my client Cindy smashed her pinky in one of those steel fire doors... not the knob side, the hinge side. Ouch. And I mean shut. All. The. Way. It split her nail bed in half... from sidewall to sidewall. The hospital put 2 stitches in it. "They" all said it would never grow back. As soon as it was all healed, we put acrylic over it to keep the side walls in place and help the new growth ease past the stitch area... It took over a year, but eventually we were able to put a short sculpt on it.
Flash forward 8 years. That nail that "they" said was unrecoverable is hardly noticeable that there was any damage. Her nail bed healed, and her nail grows fine. The only way you can tell is that her free edge starts slightly lower than the other nine nails. Another nail tech may not even notice anymore. So yes... it can and HAS been done. Go with your gut... :) Michelle Cordes, Licensed Nail Technician The Nail Spa @ Steel Magnolias Salon "The spa for your hands and feet since 1997" Bremerton, Washington www.myspace.com/thenailspa ________________________________ From: Becky <[email protected]> To: nailtech <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 10:42:23 PM Subject: NailTech:: Client with smashed thumb nail... I have a friend who smashed her thumb nail in a car door in February...... it has grown out a bit, she has an entire "nail" (if you want to call it that) on her thumb, but it's horrible from being smashed. She patronizes a NSS because she says she "can't afford me" (I'm only $5 more on a basic fill.) - anyway, she says "I can't keep a nail on it". Of course, this raises the "challenge me" light bulb, and I want to do a before/after makeover using Nudite and prove her wrong..... The nail has so many dips and divets, I'm sure it will require an efile to even prep properly, but does anyone see a reason I shouldn't do this? I know if it were my nail, I'd have a nail on it the moment it didn't hurt to do so.......lol Thoughts! -- Becky F. Licensed Nail Tech KC, Mo. -- 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.
