Ah, some are not going to like this post.....but the reality is that
the states do not have the money to test for MMA. Even though we
"know" and they "know" they use it, if it went to court, the defense
attorney would say, prove it.
We all worked hard getting MMA banned in states. EVERYONE on this
list went for it, and it worked!!! But what we didn't know then and
know now, is the states couldn't prove this. Back in those days OPI
had a kit that tested for MMA. The problem was that the tests didn't
work. Had negative positive's. Had positive negative's. The last
time I heard a test for MMA would be over 400 dollars. Not going to happen.
How to inform your clients? Go for the damaged nails!!! Not the
chemical. Go for the sanitation. Show them pictures of the damaged
nails from over filing. Which is from the mMa. The public will
understand the damaged nails not a chemical they can't see.
They will understand washing their hands. They will understand
PAIN. They will understand BLOOD. They will understand
infections. What they don't get is a chemical that dentist's use in
teeth. If it's okay for my mouth, why not my nails? (been there done
that, tired of explaining)
I know you ALL are frustrated with the boards, I understand, hell I
get frustrated. But our hands our tied by the laws, attorneys,
legislature and budgets. We get complaints, we do our best to follow
thru, but then again if there is no proof we can do nothing. If the
consumer doesn't follow thru, we can't do anything. And if a doctor
won't say the damage happened at a certain salon, that is hard also.
And don't even get me started of a cash transaction!!!!!!!!! If the
consumer doesn't have a receipt, how can the consumer prove that she
was at this salon.
There are ways we can get around these things, but very hard. Also,
hard for an inspector to walk in and if they don't see something
happening, they can't very well stop it or write them up. They can
see sanitation. they can't see the client being cut if it doesn't
happen in front of them. That can't see the infection that pops up
later. They can only see what is in front of them. That is where the
consumer complaints SHOULD come in.
And the laws are in place for a reason. To protect us also. Let's
say a client is mad at you because of your sister-in-law is dating
your 2nd cousin. she notifies State Board that she got an infection
from you. Does the State automatically assume that she is correct
and doesn't ask her for pics, receipt and doctors receipts?
And you are saying, hey wait a minute this woman never was at my
table, this is personal!!!!!! So the same laws that we get mad about
because we "know" they did it, are the same laws that protect those
that we "know" didn't do it.
For every 100 horror stories you all have about how boards don't
work, I have hundreds of stories of how the boards do work. We just
can't get to all of them. JMHO diana from indiana
At 07:12 PM 9/27/2010, you wrote:
good luck. I don't understand that either. Our inspector always says
he can smell it as soon as he walks into a place, but that's even
more reason to wonder why they all still use it! I have them come in
all the time with that junk on, and as you say, it's impossible to
get off. Even though I do try to educate people on their practices,
I think a lot of them don't really take it too seriously, and I'm
afraid they think I'm just talking about my "competition". I try to
just explain in a factual way, but while some of them are happy for
the information and never want to go near one of those places again,
I can see some others either not caring at all, or looking at me
like I'm just crazy. And does CND even make Solar Nails anymore? Or
"soda nails" as they call it? I had a woman in a couple of weeks ago
that swore up and down they were using the "real" Solar nails and
had a big jar of acrylic powder with the brand name "Solar Nails"
written across it. Like they couldn't refill that jar with whatever
they wanted?
It is very discouraging to me, because I know if I came in and tried
to do nails or skin without a license or using illegal products or
methods, I would be fined, run out of town or worse. But these
people get away with it all day long every day. Nothing ever seems
to happen to them.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Lauren Dodson
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I had a client on my book that wanted her
nails soaked off then Shellac applied. She was new to town and I
had never met her or seen her nails. After soaking and filing for
over an hour, I knew this stuff was not coming off. I explained MMA
and all that goes with that. I sanded her nails until about 90% of
the crap was off. I then did Gelish using foundation. She came
back the next day when I was off and had another tech redo her,
saying some of the Gelish was chipping. That tech soaked her again
and still had trouble getting the MMA off. The woman said that when
I did her nails I seemed to be in a hurry and just gave up. I had
another client coming in so I had to get her done. She called back
again a couple of days later with trouble with her nails again. My
bottom line is that I will no longer be removing (or trying
to) MMA. I sent a letter to my state board asking why MMA was
still being used since it is banned in Tennessee. I got back a
stupid reply saying it was banned and that the salons are inspected
every year.Duh! I know some of you have gone through the whole
banning MMA thing in your area. Any ideas about what I should
do? If possible will you all send me your worst MMA pictures so I
can send them into state board? My e-mail address is
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]. I think
I will just keep bugging them until something happens. Thanks
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