Caring for Callused Feet
With summer quickly approaching, women (and men) are making it a priority to get their feet in tip-top shape for sandal season. And for feet to look their absolute best, they should be smooth and free of calluses.
Raynaud’s Phenomenon: A Tale of Two Clients
Looks aren’t everything when it comes to a client’s health: To know which ones have Raynaud’s Phenomenon, you need to ask. And you do need to ask, as two clients’ tales will tell.
The Help Desk Answers Your Technical Questions
This month our panel helps our readers with creating perfect smile lines, detached nails and fungus.
Strategies for Handling Nail Biter Clients
Nail biting clients can be the most challenging, difficult, and frustrating clients a nail technician encounters. Instead of throwing in the towel and letting them continue to chew and pick, you can help your clients to reform while creating a loyal, long-term customer in the process.
Pedicures and Diabetes: Can You? Should You?
With the ever-growing popularity of pedicures and the growing incidence of diabetes nationwide, the two are on a collision course — with the point of contact at your pedicure station. We talked to podiatrists who detail the special needs of the diabetic foot as well as how to safely perform a pedicure.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fungus But Were Too Disgusted to Ask
Almost 30 million Americans—approximately 13% of the population—has a fungal infection of the nails (also known onychomycosis).
Why Nail Biters Bite
An estimated one in every four people bite their nails. While most often dismissed as a bad habit, the reasons for nail nibbling could run deeper than sheer routine. Understanding the reasons why your clients bite can be beneficial to all nail techs in helping clients break their nasty habit.
Something Foul Is Afoot
With the booming popularity of pedicures, there are still some people who refuse the service because of two small (but very embarrassing) problems – their feet. Take the embarrassment out of this problem by learning the causes and remedies for smelly feet.
by Hannah Lee
The Help Desk
Get the scoop on laying acrylic, product contamination, and wide nail beds.
Just My Opinion: Acrylics vs. Bacteria
The Help Desk
Answers to your questions on polish application, cleaning dappen dishes, acrylic brushes, and drill safety.
Just My Opinion: Nail Techs and Doctors Working Together
By developing a good working relationship with podiatrists they have faith in, nail techs can protect themselves when and if a problem occurs.
Long Nails and Nursing Don't Mix
What infection control personnel say common sense has long indicated is now being proven by research: Health care workers with artificial nails and long nails are more likely to harbor harmful bacteria on their hands.
The Nail Doctor
The Nail Doctor discusses throbbing nails, tumors, young clients, and arthritis medication.
The Doctor is “IN” - Establishing a Salon-Doctor Relationship
Finding a good doctor is like finding a good nail technician – people want a personal referral from someone they trust. If you’re still looking for Dr. Right, here are some suggestions from physicians and nail techs who’ve made referral relationships work.
The Nail Doctor: New Antifungal Treatment Shows Promise
Clinical trials demonstrate that the prescription nail lacquer does penetrate the nail lacquer does penetrate the nail, enabling it to get to the fungus, which begins and is active in the skin underneath the nail bed.
The Nail Doctor
Dr. Phoebe Rich answers your questions on lupus and acetone-free removers.