I know from looking around on this site that very few of you are from the US and you talk about the non-standard salons you have in your areas. The number of salons in your area seems minimal compared to the ones in the US. Just in my city alone there has got to be between 200 and 300 and with in a 2 mile radius of my house probably about 15 - 20. I'm not saying they all practice bad prep and sanitation but every salon I've ever been to has. I was very naive until I had them done by a true professional several years back. It is very hard where I live to find a "nail salon" that doesn't charge dirt cheap prices. If you want a quality safe set of enhancements done you have to go a full service salon and spa to find one and there are not too many like that. It just seems like they keep popping up like cockroaches. I have actually seen young girls (maybe 17 or 18yrs) practicing and being trained in the salons. I know this has been talked about a million times, just thought you would like the US point of view.