A Guide to Ingrown Nails with Dr. Dana Stern
Ingrown toenails are a common issue. Learn all about ingrown toenails and what to do as a nail tech if your client asks for your help with one.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHIngrown toenails are a common issue. Learn all about ingrown toenails and what to do as a nail tech if your client asks for your help with one.
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In this month’s column, Dr. Stern answers questions she’s received about nail ailments from around the world. Topics include toenail fungus, vertical black lines, nail shedding, ingrown toenails, and cutting the cuticle.
A new way of looking at the problem of salon-related allergies and contact dermatitis can reduce the likelihood of suffering from a condition that could end your career.
Portland, Ore.-based dermatologist Patricia Norris offers advice on dermatitis, hand-washing, moisturizers, and glove use.
As a nail tech, you’re sure to have at least one client who’s the sensitive type. From onycholysis to itchy, dry cuticles, symptoms caused by allergies to common ingredients can range from mild to severe. Learn to spot these aggravating symptoms and treat them accordingly.
It really sucks when the thing you love makes you itch.
Caused by allergens that come into contact with the skin, allergic contact dermatitis often clears up on its own when sufferers avoid the offending agent.
Red, Swollen patches? Blister-like bumps? Chances are it’s contact dermatitis, but only the doctor can say if it’s a simple case of irritation or a more serious allergy.
Should a nail technician remove acrylic from a client who is suffering from tender nail beds after the nail tech recently changed product?
When a client exhibits redness, small blisters, swelling, separation of the nail plate from the nail bed, or tenderness of the nail bed and nail folds, this usually indicates contact dermatitis, a skin allergy to a product or ingredient.
Does red, rough skin, small blisters, and separated nails sound familiar? What you may be calling a fungal infection could be an allergy to nail products.