QuestionHi,
The technician who did my last set of acrylic nails (acrylic on top of my own nails) used a drill and bit. I think he drilled/filed too deep because there is a ridge from the older nail to the new growth. This happened on several of my nails. Is using a drill neccessary? Is this "ridge" normal? I would prefer the technician only use files instead of the drill and I'm wondering if it's possible to apply acrylics without a drill. thanks!
- Joni
AnswerHi Joni, thanks for your question. No using a drill is not necessary, but very useful. You should never have pain when getting your nails done. I had 2 clients that went to a discount salon before finding me, luckily no illegal products where used but both of them had been deep ridges in there nails, so deep you could see blood from bruising. One of the girls was diabetic, and something like that could have caused her a severe infection. During school I had a client who had gotten her nails done at a discount salon before coming to me, her nail beds where so badly burnt from the drill(friction burns) that while I was so lightly soaking off her nails, was in a huge amount of pain and crying. It was horrible.
I think you need a different technician. It also sounds like you go to different technicians, but you should find a good one and stick with them and in order to do that you might need to make appointments way in advance. He is a careless technician with little knowledge. You could ask him to just use files but you can still get ridges from a file.
While I have your attention, I want to also let you know about an illegal product called MMA(Methyl-Methacrylate) This product was deemed hazardous by the FDA and banned from use in salons in most states. This product is very inexpensive compared to legal products, so there are sadly still technicians using this on their customers. I want to share with you some warning signs:
1)MMA has an overpoweringly strong odor.
2)Nail technicians wear masks to protect themselves from the dangerous vapors.
3)Nail technicians using MMA will nearly always use a nail drill because MMA acrylic is too hard to file with a hand file.
4)Removing MMA acrylics is very difficult, requiring from 40-60 minutes of soaking in pure acetone to dissolve the nails.
5)Because of the low cost of MMA monomer, salons using it can charge much less for their services. Be cautious of any salon charging less than $30 for a full set, or less than $20 for a fill.
6) If they don't have product labels or let you see the product they are using.
Well I hope I could have helped and if you don't feel comfortable with a drill period, let your technician know you have had bad experiences, I'm sure they will understand. When you trust them, maybe you'll be ready for a drill again.
Thanks!
Jeannie
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