The Chinese New Year is coming soon. In addition to buying new clothes for yourself and your family, many people may also invite a few friends to go to the nail salon to change their nails into gentle and noble "New Year armor" to welcome the New Year.
However, when pursuing the "beauty" of manicures, the manicurist may not tell you that manicures also have some potential risks that are easy to ignore!
Some risks may even make the originally beautiful nails look completely different.
01 Incomplete disinfection of instruments: "Onychomycosis"
During the manicure process, if the polishing sponge strips, files, nail pliers, towels and other utensils are not "changed for each customer" or thoroughly disinfected, it is easy to cause cross infection, causing the person who does the manicure to suffer from onychomycosis (onychomycosis), tinea manuum and other diseases.
Even if some nail salons wipe with alcohol cotton pads, simply scald with boiling water or put them in ultraviolet disinfection boxes for disinfection, they cannot eliminate the fungal spores on them.
02 Excessive polishing: thinning and brittle nails
According to my country's "Service Standards for Nail Art Institutions (8-SBT 11116-2015)", the professional care process of nail art includes steps such as removing old glue, shaping nails, treating nail edges, cleaning and polishing nail surface oil.
Among them, steps such as removing nails, polishing, and polishing nails may cause mechanical trauma to the nails, resulting in thinning of the nail plate and the appearance of linear stripes.
In particular, frequent use of nail polish remover and removal of nail polish may damage the oil layer of the nails, making the nails thinner, brittle (brittle nail disease), rough, or causing white spots, fissure-like bleeding, cracking, etc.
03 Too harsh manicure: paronychia
In order to make the nails look more beautiful and the shape better attached, manicurists often thin the translucent "dead skin" at the root of the nail (near the crescent), or even remove or push it back.
In fact, this inconspicuous curved film can firmly "seal" the gap between the nail body and the periungual epidermis to resist the invasion of microorganisms.
Once damaged and cleaned, the nail loses the protection of the "protective film". The removal process can easily cause micro-trauma to the peri-nail structure, increasing the risk of infection and causing paronychia.
04 Nail polish: green nail syndrome
Long-term use of artificial nail stickers (disposable nail stickers) may cause a gap between the nail and the nail plate. If water gets in and stays inside, the gap will become damp.
Moisture-filled and airtight, this gap can easily become a breeding ground for bacteria.
It is especially prone to attracting a type of bacteria that loves moisture - Pseudomonas aeruginosa (commonly known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa).
This common conditional pathogen can secrete cyan, yellow, and brown pigments, causing the nail plate to turn green and thicker, just like the moldy surface of orange peel. In severe cases, it can even cause the nail plate to partially separate from the nail bed and cause the nail to fall off.
05 Nail polish: contact dermatitis
Nail polish (also known as gel nail polish) is the mainstream choice now because it combines the properties of gel and traditional nail polish, is more durable than traditional nail polish, and can enhance the strength of the nail plate [5].
However, even nail polish claimed to be "upgraded nail polish" is not necessarily harmless.
In addition to the aforementioned nail peeling and paronychia, nail polish may also cause contact dermatitis (a particularly common type of skin allergy) because it contains common allergens 2-HEMA and 2-HPMA, causing abnormalities in the skin around the nails, usually manifested as redness, blisters, peeling, dryness, etc.
Nail polish, nail adhesive, crystal nails and other nail products also contain various ingredients including common allergens, which can cause nail damage.
However, there are also some false rumors about the harm of nail art, such as "nail lamps cause cancer and make hands black."
06 Nail lamps are unlikely to make hands black and cause cancer
Nail gel polish needs to be irradiated by nail lamps to cure, and nail lamps emit ultraviolet rays that are not friendly to the skin.
The reason why it is unfriendly is that ultraviolet radiation is closely related to skin photoaging and various skin cancers, and the ultraviolet rays emitted by nail lamps have a wavelength range of 355nm~385nm, and its radiation energy is about 4.2 times that of sunlight. For this reason, the public and the academic community have worried that nail lamps may cause skin photoaging and even cause skin cancer, such as basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. However, after consulting the most authoritative and reliable study in recent years, the author found that there is no need to worry too much in general, and the evidence in this regard is not sufficient. 07 If you want a safer manicure, you can do this In order to achieve safe manicure and peace of mind as much as possible, we can optimize from many details. First of all, if you do manicure at home, it is best to be familiar with the manicure process and choose products with clear ingredients and no periungual skin reactions (no allergies). In case of suspected side effects of manicure, it is recommended to see a dermatologist for evaluation and treatment, and try to avoid it in the future. If you are not doing DIY at home, but doing manicure outside, it is recommended to choose a reliable institution. To be safe, it is best not to choose a small workshop on the street. First, you worry about whether the technology is in place, and second, it is difficult to ensure the sanitation and disinfection measures.
Even qualified technicians sometimes make mistakes, such as over-cleaning the nails and the surrounding skin. In order to take health into consideration, we advocate:
1. Do not trim the nails too short to avoid ingrown nails.
2. Do not grind (file) the nails too thin to avoid cracking and brittle nails.
3. Do not use sharp tools to clean the skin on the edge of the nail to avoid nail separation, that is, the nail and the finger cannot fit together.
4. Do not touch the skin around the nails. The so-called dead skin does not need to be cleaned because it is likely to be normal skin tissue-nail skin.
Although manicure may bring a series of health risks, if you can take appropriate precautions and choose safe manicure products, you can still protect your nails and skin while pursuing beauty.
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