QuestionQUESTION: Can medication prevent nail polish adhereing to the natural nail. If so which medication?
ANSWER: Michele, this sort of question is hard to answer. It has turned into one of those pesky "NAIL URBAN LEGENDS," like oily nail beds, and "Your medication is making your polish/enhancements pop off." It has never been factually proven or disproven that I know of, since the only thing that changes on your nails structure during illness IS the structure itself. You can develop ridges, leukonychia, or such similar maladies.
More often than not, nail technicians don't understand when and how they are to blame for some of the trouble clients experience with their nails.
Coming out of Beauty School we are led to believe that acrylic is damaging to your nail, that clients with oily nail beds will lift, and that fungus can occur on anybody.
The reality is that ALL forms of enhancment are ACRYLIC based, do not damage your nails, and what IS damaging is a heavy handed tech overfiling and ripping your enhancements off of the nail plate. Oily nailplates can exist, but are VERY rare, and usually occur because the tech didn't know or care to prep the nail plate properly. Fungus is merely mold, and usually occurs when a nail is improperly applied, causing air pockets with trapped moisture underneath. Nail polish adhesion to the natural nail is DIFFICULT, but that's in general, and some do better than others. Your nail plate DOES produce an oil of it's own, and there are steps you can take to help your freshly applied nail enamel last longer.
First? The longer it takes for your polish to dry, the longer it will last. Using speed dry topcoat or sprays will force evaporation faster, leaving microscopic holes in your finish that you can't see, but help chipping to occur sooner. Use a base coat, 2 coats of color, and a long setting top coat, and apply one coat of topcoat every day to keep your manicure looking fresh, longer. Also use a cuticle conditioner 2x per day to keep your nails flexible, and your cuticles soft.
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QUESTION: The reason I asked the question re medication and nail polish is as follows:-
I am an experienced beauty therapist & nail technician. I do not normally have problems with either enhancements or natural nails. I have a client who has been coming to me for years and who last year dveloped a heart condition that required her to take Beta Blockers amongst other things. Until recently I had no problems with her. Just before Christmas I gave her a pedicure, used Creative Scrubfresh prior to applying Creative Sticky Base Coat, 2 coats Creative Polish & 1 coat UV Top Coat as normal. By the following day all her polish had peeled off. This did not happen to any other clients and I did a lot of nails of all types. It is the 2nd time it has happened to her. Somewhere in the back of my mind I seemed to recall hearing that some medication can do this? - thought it might be a long shot. Any other ideas? I do not like being defeated!!!
AnswerAhhhh I see what you mean now ;) Thanks for clarifying for me.
I think your best bet is to call Creative and put in this question to Doug Schoon himself. Or a dermatologist maybe.
And don't feel defeated lol, this is just a speedbump, and if it's only happening to this particular client in this timeline, then it's obviously not something you are doing wrong.
Good luck! Make sure you post anything you find out here so that we ALL can learn from this special situation :)
