QuestionQUESTION: I had my nails done today with silk wrap, the girl dipped my finger nails in a jar with powder. It is safe to dip my fingers where other people already dipped theirs? Is this the correct procedure for silk wrap? When I go for my filling can I do a powder fill as if I have acrylic?
ANSWER: Dear Eleonora,
First off, a Dip system is not a 'silk wrap'. Silk wrap is when a piece of silk/linen is applied to the nail, using severals coats of resin, then activated with another liquid (by spray or brush) to make it harden.
A dip is simply a 'dip'.
In most cases, it should be fine to dip your finger in HOWEVER..
Did your technician make you wash YOUR hands before you sat down and then use a hand sanitizer? Throughout the service was she using a wipe with a solution to clean and dehydrate and sanitize the nail plate?
If not, then she's not doing it to other client's either.
In that case, then no, you shouldn't be puttng your finger in.
However, you might note: bacteria can not survive in a dry product. So even if bacteria did come into the contact with the powder, it wouldn't survive.
The powder should be spooned over your nail.
Traditional Acrylic, to my knowledge, can not be filled/rebalanced with a Dip system. Dips are not as tough and resilient as Acrylic, and the entire enhancement is made up primarily of resin (adhesive aka glue). They are more porous and prone to lifting than gel or acrylic.
I hope this helps
best regards
Victoria
---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------
QUESTION: SO, CAN YOU GET FUNGUS BY DIPPING YOUR FINGER IN A POWDER WHERE SOMBODY ELSE WITH THAT KIND OF FUNGUS DIPPED HER FINGER IN? OR CAN I GET USING THOSE BRUSH ON RESIN OR CUTICLES CONDITIONER THAT THEY HAVE AT THE SALON?
AnswerIt's not believed that you can get fungus from dipping in a powder BUT it's not completely ruled out either, that's why the 'offices' and 'organizations' (who's rules vary state to state and country to country) usually frown upon it and suggest that technicians spoon powder over the client's nails.
Same applies to the brush on resin, it's a hostile environment to bacteria and will not transfer infection from one client to another.
As for the cuticle oil: it can be applied with a dropper, eliminating the risk. AGAIN, however, if it's applied by a brush, then no, it should not touch the 'fungus' (it's actually a bacteria) of another client.
Cuticle oils, resins and powders are not known to harbour bacteria/fungus/mould etc. They are hostile environments.
However, state laws etc, usually prefer more hygienic methods.
With regards to files and steel implements, that's a whole other story.
I hope this helps.
