Nail Anatomy 101
Nails don’t breathe, they don’t sweat, they don’t eat, and they don’t need a regular rest from artificial extensions.
The Nail Doctor: Bandaging Aggravates Nail Ailments
Covering problem nails with a bandage is the most common aggravating factor I see in nail disorders.
Servicing Clients with Autoimmune Disorders
Knowing what to do with special needs clients before they walk through the door will make both you and the client more comfortable and the service more meaningful.
Ask the Nail Doctor
Every month, our nail doctor answers readers' questions about any health-related issue.
Help Clients Break Habits
It’s not uncommon to see clients with nail deformities characterized by ridges on the nail plate. Called habit tic, it is a benign habit that often relieves a person’s anxiety.
Servicing Clients With Special Medical Needs
Clients with diabetes or circulatory disorders can be safely serviced by using gentle techniques.
Don't Ignore Minor Infections
Information about mild or serious infections will help you understand the importance of your own hygiene as well as increase your appreciation of the complexity of the nail area and make you aware of when a patient needs medical care.
The Nail Doctor: Avoid Spreading Warts Viruses
Warts are a common problem caused by contagious viruses. All warts come from direct or indirect contact with another wart. Each wart makes millions of viruses each day that can be passed to other people and cause warts.
Nutrition and Nails
Nail technicians may perpetuate the myth of diet-caused nail problems by encouraging clients with these complaints to take vitamin supplements to strengthen their nails. But nutrition is a much overrated factor in the nails’ condition.
The Nail Doctor
It can be very disconcerting for both you and the client to discover one or more green nails on removing her polish.
Turning Irregular Nails Into Beauties
Problem nail challenge a technician’s skills, but the reward is professional satisfaction for the technician and boosted self-esteem for clients.
Is There A Doctor in the House?
Sometimes the best thing you can do for a client is send her to a physician.
Unmasking a Menace: Fungus in the Salon
Fungus, the dastardly, insidious villain that plaques many artificial nail users, has gained a bad reputation around town, and is casting shadows on the reputation of the nail industry across the nation.
Hygienic Elegance Antiseptic Lotion Wash Protects, Conditions Skin
Research in nail health leads to product breakthrough
Understanding Nail Infections
What causes troublesome infections, and what to do about them.