The Nail Doctor Is In
The Nail Doctor answers your pressing questions about nail health, salon safety, and more.
Storage Precautions Keep Salons and Products Up to Par
Improper storage of nail products can spoil product, make your salon smell worse than a chemical lab, and could present a health or fire hazard.
Control Vapors and Dust with Fresh Air
Despite taking every precaution, some individuals seem to develop a sensitivity to air contaminants, making it difficult for them to work around vapors and dust by adopting a few sound occupational health practices
AIDS and Tuberculosis in the Salon: What Are the Chances?
Americans are more paranoid than any other culture about getting a life-threatening disease. Why? It may be that we have lost our perspective.
Prevent CTS with Neutral Hand Positions
Before we can prevent CTS, we need to understand its actual cause-anatomically speaking, that is. How do we bend our wrist and move our hand?
The Truth About Toluene
Scientific studies have shown that workers can safely work around toluene if it is below certain exposure levels.
You Don’t Have to Quit Doing Nails to Have a Baby
Pregnant nail technicians are rightfully concerned about their exposure to chemicals used in the salon, which, in high concentrations, can be harmful to unborn babies.
Working Safely Begins With Knowing Your MSDS
The goal of the “Hazard Communication Standard” is to reduce the incidence of chemical-related work-place illnesses and injuries.
Bad Habits Cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can ruin your health and your career, but not if you take preventive action now.
Editor's note: Work Safe, Not Scared
Study Shows Correlation Between Hairdressing, Miscarriage; Risk to Nail Technicians Unproven
Although a recently published study reports that female cosmetologists who work full-time and regularly use chemicals face up to twice the risk of miscarriage as other women, researcher Esther John, Ph.D., cautions nail technicians not to take the information out of context.
Editor's note: Take Care of Yourself First
The latest trend in business today seems to have nothing to do with business. The latest trend is ... time off.
Exercise Your Way to a Healthy Back
Alleviate back pain by practicing good posture and taking time to exercise
Nail Technician Refuses Test for AIDS Virus
A Minnesota nail technician is suing her former employer for requiring her to be tested for the AIDS virus as a condition of continued employment.
The Nail Doctor on Inflammation and Infection
The Nail Doctor is in to give us the scoop on the signs of inflammation, and how to handle fungal infections.
If You Can See It You Can’t Inhale It
Is the dust from filing on nails hazardous to your health? The experts don’t think so, and they suggest that technicians probably breathe far less dust than they think they do.
The Nail Doctor: Splitting Nails and Pregnancy Precautions
The Nail Doctor is back to tell us about nail deformities and the safety of artificial nails during pregnancy.