hmmm.. with what Simmy said in my mind... Y'all know my nails are growing back after losing them with chemo....and growing back is a term I will use loosely..they are thin, ridgy etc. So when SOG's came out I thought hmmm.. maybe this will be ok..I have ac on about 4-5 of them... thin just to cover some ridges etc..on 2 to lengthen...but they are very short... ok last week..I notice my pinky nail...which was one of the "good" ones...all natural...growing nice...well ...after I applied shellac on them it got a little sore...after a few days..when I finally realized maybe something was going on..I removed the SOG from that finger... there was a major vertical ridge going up the center of the nail. Left it off for a couple of days..then I was going somewhere... so I applied SOG on that nail to smooth out the appearance. after a day or two...I noticed it was hurting again..so I removed the SOG again. Major big white area right around the crack!! Ok for the weak stomached people..leave now... With my left hand holding my right pinky down by the matrix...turning the nail trying to see if I see anything...all of a sudden.. I guess it was pus..that came out of the crack in the nail! So I pressed more until I got it all out ... put some tea tree oil on a gauze pad and wrapped with acetone and used a heating pad to try and draw out whatever was in there. That night I put some penicillin powder (from Italy) on the nail and a band-aid and by the next morning it was fine. This all happened on a weekend so I WAS going to call the dr. BUT..I wonder if the SOG was pinching the nail so that is why that vertical ridge appeared??
I share these stories with you guys not to gross you out but..honestly..I have done nails for almost 18 years and I have never come across nails that look like mine! So... I never knew how to treat them. Maybe this might help us somehow??? ya never know. Like I am thinking now that I need to really oil my nails faithfully everyday maybe twice a day...I am on arimidex which helps rid the body of any hormones.... but it also dries me up! So maybe my nails are so bad because they need major rehydration! ok...I am going to oil... :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( <---my unhappy nails..... Pati 'Good friends are like stars... You don't always see them, But you know they are always there. -----Original Message----- From: Simmy Bredal-Bell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 9:27 am Subject: RE: NailTech:: Weird nails The SOG’s have a tendency to make natural nails curl. Even whenit is on the nail. Squeezes a beautiful c-curve into the free edge. Thereason for this is as the SOG gets old, it shrinks. As it shrinks, it curls. Eventually it releases from the nail and you have lifting at the tip. Thesolution is to soak off or file off every 4 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the magicnumber for SOG. I got this info from a chemist who manufactures nailproducts. And YES, before I get arguments…using cuticle oil to keep thenatural nail flexible DOES help! ;) SimmyBredal-Bell Vicki Peters, Inc. VicePresident / Director of Education Brick, NJ [email protected] From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LisaCianciotti Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NailTech:: Weird nails Ihave found this to be true for my clients also. White spots, curlingat free edge, a few SOG coming off on a few nails. Itseems to get worse every time I do a soak off manicure. I have beenbuffing with oil before reapplying and that has helped, but it seems to beworse on some clients. Lisa Simply Polished Studio for Nails From: Terri Mullins <[email protected]> To: Nailtech <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 7:55:18 PM Subject: NailTech:: Weird nails Weirdnails after sog came off. My clients nails curled so tight they weretouching side to side. Touching c curve! I don't know why thathappened. The first time I soaked her nails they didn't do that. Differentclient called she has 3 sog's off. I didn't prime her nails because shecomes in every 2 wks. She said the free edge is peeling off. Iprimed her nails the last 2 times. No problems. I will startpriming the free edge of her nails. Just like you girls have said!! Questionon the cuticle oil before applying the sog... soakthe sog off buffthe nail with oil then wash nails and use finishing wipe? Theoil and water concerns me with lifting and peeling. I've seen white spotson every client that I have soaked off. Each time there are morespots. Terri -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit this group athttp://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 [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. -- 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.
