yea well excellent it may be but don;t know who is going to see it..
I think I posted it to facebook, maybe to my AIM lifestyle thingie
page, Debbie next door replied, so it posted somewhere :) FB gives me
a blank page.. I hate technology today
Deb: After reading that, the first thing I thought was that they had
something going with CND......it just goes to show that just because
someone writes it does NOT make it fact!
Debbie: well, I'm gonna go out on a limb here.. I have read several
of these scare tactic articles online recently.. all of them trash
enhancements as we knew them up until 3 months ago. ALL of them
praise to the higher authority CND's Shellac. ALL of them NEVER say
that you have to go in a lamp for the Shellac application. Another
set of articles is written by or on behalf of a consumer advocate
group, that really has no interest on protecting the Asian salon
workers so I am told by someone who has been trying to communicate
with this group, offer help, knowledge, years of professional
experience in chemistry and the nail industry... they only seem to
care about raising money.
At 10:58 PM 7/21/2010, you wrote:
Excellent Deb!!!!
Alice Wallace
High Road To Education Team Member
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Doerrlamm <[email protected]>
To: Nailtech-googlegroups.com <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:28 pm
Subject: NailTech:: grrr.. why dont they post my stuff..
OK I was just SOOOO ticked off I sat down and responded.. spell
checked, re-read it over to make sure it sounded professional, not
whiny or anything :) I pasted, put in my AIM name, email all that
and clicked.. grrrrr.. its not there.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I can only shake my head at wonderment in such poor reporting and
fact finding. Not only does this author have her facts wrong, the
one link she provides to the FDA site specifically says MMA was not
banned. Was there any attempt at all to verify what these "experts"
told Ms. Angelle?
The opportunity to have your nail polish last more than 2 days,
staying chip free and shiny for as long as two weeks without an
"enhancement" application is an amazing stride in the professional
nail industry. The TV, newspaper, and web press received lately has
kept professional, educated, licensed nail technicians not only busy
at their table, but too often busy correcting gross mis-information
such as presented here. In case you are interested, I am a licensed
NY state Nail professional for 17 years and run a 16 year old
networking portal site for beauty professionals. I personally have
responded to more than one of these mis-informed reports in the past 2 months.
>>Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned methyl methacrylate
but they
<http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm127068.htm>state
on their website that "many nail products that contain potentially
harmful ingredients are allowed on the market because they are safe
when used as directed."
>One particularly dangerous ingredient, <http://
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/projects/salon/nailsalonguide.pdf>a
chemical called methyl methacrylate, can cause shortness of breath
and irritate the eyes and skin.
FDA article: "No regulation specifically prohibits the use of methyl
methacrylate monomer in cosmetic products."
That is not to say MMA (methyl methacrylate) is good, indeed it is
bad - bad for the consumer and bad for the nail technician. Almost
every US state has instilled some variation of prohibiting or
outright banning the product for use in the salon environment. MMA
in other industries is used widely daily.
MMA is NOT safe for use in the salon environment. The product cures
(dries) rock hard and can cause severe damage to the natural nail if
the nail is banged or badly broken. The vapors (smell, fumes) and
dust produced by MMA can cause a laundry list of mostly respiratory
illnesses. Removal of MMA, even a preparation for a "fill-in" of the
enhancement requires an electric file, which is often used with no
proper education. This leads to damage of the nail plate, often
piercing of the nail plate allowing chemicals to seep into the blood
stream. When properly used, an electric file is no more dangerous
than brushing your teeth with an electric toothbrush. Further, MMA
is NOT an issue in any gel product. The issue with MMA is in the
acrylic liquid (monomer) when it is mixed with the acrylic powder
for an acrylic enhancement application.
>>complaints that gel nails do still chip
well yes that can happen, improper application is the main cause,
abusive use of nails would be another reason.
>>drowning one's fingers in acetone
Absolutely not - if your nail technician is drowning your finger in
a bowl of acetone, find another technician. Every technician I know
- and I know several thousand - use a cotton ball on the nail with
acetone, wrapped in foil to minimize exposure of the acetone against
the skin or nail.
If the color selection is lacking, you need to find a technician who
uses a different brand - 2 other brands are available as of today, a
3rd coming shortly - all major names in the nail game - these other
2 brands each have over 25 or more colors to choose from.
>>Avitzur concluded that the patient's gel manicure had caused nerve damage.
Do you have any idea how many gel manicure, gel enhancement or
acrylic enhancement applications are performed daily across the US
and around the world? My personal guestimate would be
2,449,074 visit salons daily around the world (world population/2)
* (1%) / (14)
>>Improper use or overuse of a nail file to prepare the nail for
layers of gel can expose sensitive skin to chemicals or infection
This is one, if not the only correct information supplied in this
article. Nail services should not be painful and should never draw
blood. If either happen the consumer should leave and report the
operator to the state agency that oversees their license.
>>mixing acrylic products with gel products
This is a perfectly acceptable application method when the products
are applied by a properly trained, educated and licensed nail professional
>>This patient probably didn't have a true gel manicure," says
Avitzur, "but I plan on avoiding them myself and would not
recommend them to others at this point."
As a matter of fact this is quite true to my knowledge. The woman
did not have a "gel manicure, she had an acrylic enhancement with a
possible gel topcoat. I saw the story on the evening news here in
NY. The Dr stated she happened to have the same type of service done
just days prior and said she found out it the salon exaggerated the
service - both women were over charged, lied to and did not get what
they thought they was paying for, neither got a quality service from
a well trained professional.
>>The ultra-violet light used in tanning beds has been associated
with increased skin cancer risk
To quote Douglas Schoon, internationally-recognized scientist,
author and educator with over 30 years experience in the cosmetic,
beauty and personal care industry. He is a leading industry
authority, known for his technical and regulatory work that has
helped shape the beauty industry. He is Co-Chair of the Nail
Manufacturers Council (NMC), and as <http://www.cnd.com>Creative
Nail Design's (CND) Chief Scientist, was head of the R&D laboratory,
QA, and Field Testing/Evaluation departments for almost 20 years.
"..fluorescent lights office lights put out a tiny amount of UV
light. Between UV nail related salon services, your clients will be
exposed to more UV light from fluorescent bulbs in an office setting
than during the salon service. If they go outdoors at all during the
day, their UV exposure skyrockets. UV nail lamps are not significant
source of UV exposure. To date, I've not seen any scientific
evidence to the contrary and there is no credible scientific
information that suggests these lamps are anything but safe. "
>>Another option may be to look for a salon that uses LED
This is not a catch-all answer. Gels must have been specifically
formulated to cure (dry) under a LED lamp. If the product was not
formulated to be used under a LED lamp, the natural nails could be
damaged from the resulting exothermic reaction.
>>but does not require the same level of skill to apply as a gel.
Moreover, the process of removing the polish minimizes exposure to acetone.
Just to be perfectly clear - CND's new hybrid gel-polish is GEL
mixed with traditional nail polish (lacquer) that CURES under a UV
bulb lamp. Other brands with similar products are GEL mixed with pigment.
CND's Shellac is deemed by the company to be PROFESSIONAL USE only.
This means there is a level of skill and knowledge/training required
to properly apply and remove the product. The "remover pads" CND
sells with the system is a variation of the cotton ball/foil method
nail technicians have been using for 15+ years which also minimizes
exposure to acetone - which by the way is the safest chemical we use
in the nail salon.
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