Posted by Larry Hoover on April 1, 2007, at 8:41:52
In reply to I was scammed by the nail salon, posted by Deneb on April 1, 2007, at 0:42:17
Wowzers! I had no idea what went on in those places. I wouldn't work with some of those chemicals anywhere other than in a fume hood. For non-chemists, that is an enclosure with massive negative air pressure, sucking fumes one way.....away from the vulnerable human.
With reference to your subject heading, I'm afraid you got what you paid for.
> Several things were amiss and I didn't say anything.
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> I thought it was weird that the nail technician filed my natural nails with a drill. I should have said something. Apparently the natural nail is never supposed to be filed down.The surface needs to be roughened, to improve bonding. Using a dental drill is a cheap, high-speed alternative to labour-intensive filing. The risk is that too much nail will be removed with the drill bit.
> I wanted gel nails but the technician used a brush wet with some liquid dipped in a powder. It was not a gel. I now suspect it was MMA (Methyl methacrylate).Was there a potent odor? I suspect you are correct.
> What should I do? Should I report them to Health Canada? I feel like I should do the right thing.If there is an advisory in place, then yes, you should. You have a background in chemistry, and your suspicions are well-founded.
> I can't be 100% sure it was MMA and not EMA (called ethyl methacrylate at 6X the price of MMA), but I highly suspect it was MMA.
You are not a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer. Leave that determination to Health Canada scientists.
> I wonder if the nail techs know about the toxic substance they are using? They're exposed to it everyday.
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> Deneb*I am apalled at what I learned from reading the article you quoted. Methacrylates are believed to be responsible for the dermal sensitization reactions that plague trandsermal drug delivery systems (see Emsam thread, above). I could only imagine what happens in the lungs on prolonged, repeated exposure. These places should be shut down.
This, in the name of "beautification"? Just for the record, I find anything but the simplest of nail treatments to detract from beauty, or even to repulse me. Fake. Think about it.
Lar
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