The procedure of nail extension does not lose the popularity. The beautiful and well-groomed nails which are not demanding leaving for several weeks - dream practically each girl. But only the few know what potential harm to health can do nail extension by gel, acrylic or other products of chemical industry.
Damage of nail plate
The procedure of nail extension includes preliminary processing of nail abrasive files. Making this manipulation, the master pursues one aim - to make nail rougher for the best coupling of surface with basic layer of gel. The harm done to health directly depends on professionalism of the master. For example, the master - the beginner is capable to cut too big layer of nail plate and even to make deep furrows. And the more often building repeats, the natural nail becomes thinner more. Such nail becomes brittle, thin and is more often subject to fungal infection.
Infectious complications of manicure
Risk to get various infection after visit of manicure salon is always. Certainly, in professional offices strictly follow rules of processing of tools after each client or use disposable manicure devices. In small salons or in offices at home the master has no opportunity or does not know as it is correct to process tools. To such masters it is better to come with the set of nippers and files.
The most ""harmless"" infection which can be got in salon is the fungus of nails. For this purpose it is enough to process only once nail plate the infected nail file. And considering that nails during manicure are significantly injured, the fungal infection can cause many troubles. And it will be rather difficult to cure nail.
Inflammation of near-nail rollers (skin which surrounds nail) - one more frequent consequence of visit of beauty shop. It is connected with injury of the skin surrounding nail, badly processed reusable tools. Sometimes the developed infection (felon) forces to address the surgeon.
One of the heaviest infections which without effort can be received in manicure salon is viral hepatitis B. The virus of hepatitis B is extremely steady in the external environment and is not destroyed by various disinfectants. The infecting dose of virus is very small, hit in small wound even of the tenth share of drop of blood of the patient with hepatitis, will lead to development of disease. Risk to get HIV infection - one more reason to avoid doubtful manicure offices.
Skin cancer
Now the nail extension method the gel stiffening under the influence of ultraviolet is popular. After drawing each layer of gel to the client suggest to take fingers under ultra-violet lamp. Often total time of radiation at one building reaches 10-12 minutes. However not all know that ultraviolet is carcinogen, that is the factor leading to development of cancer of skin. Long and frequent radiation significantly increases chances to ache with melanoma. For protection of own health before radiation it is necessary to close skin of fingers fabric or at least to grease it with sunblock cream with high degree of protection. Professional salons do not neglect this rule.
Nail injury
The girls wishing to get instantly very long nails risk to be traumatized own. Very thick layer of gel or big length of artificial nails create excessive pressure on natural nail plate, especially if it is thinned. Sometimes only small additional influence (blow in nail, scratching) suffices to receive change of nail plate. The trauma instantly causes acute pain and often demands the help of the surgeon.
And one more...
You should not increase nails if medical examination is planned. The shape of nails, color allow the doctor to make some conclusions about the state of health of all organism. For example, nails in the form of hour glasses tell (convex) about chronic diseases of lungs. Cyanotic nail plates demonstrate bad blood circulation, etc. Besides, the black spot under nail which has arisen spontaneously can be melanoma (cancer). Respectively the layer of gel or acrylic will not give the chance to the doctor to carry out full diagnostics and can significantly complicate diagnosis.