Sassy Hassy
Well-Known Member
I have a client whose nails I have been doing for about a year, and she only ever has them sculpted (I use LCN gel). I have never had a problem until the last week when she is showing the start of onycholysis. The nail plate hasn't fully seperated from the nail bed, just going that milky colour that says it's on the move.
My client has the weakest nails ever and likes to have a new set every 4-6 months. She was booked in for a removal and full set, but when she turned up for the appointment she had picked the nails off (bad girl I TOLD HER NOT TO lol!!, but hey who listens to advice these days!?). This obviously made her nails even weaker, but I sculpted a new set for her and they were the best set I have ever done (oh that sculpting class is so paying dividends).
In the last week she has broken 3 which is quite unusual for her, and where the onycholysis is starting (or at least I think that is what is happening) she says her nails are very sore. So why should this be happening? I sculpt because her nails are so weak and she prefers them anyway. Could it be her picking them off has put extra pressure on her nail plate causing it to separate, plus think she may be a little more heavy handed than usual because of the extra breakages? Or is it something that I could have done? And is it onycholysis, or something else?
Any thoughts appreciated, thanks.
ps this has never happened to me before in 4 years of nailing so I'm a bit perplexed and worried I have damaged a client's nails.
My client has the weakest nails ever and likes to have a new set every 4-6 months. She was booked in for a removal and full set, but when she turned up for the appointment she had picked the nails off (bad girl I TOLD HER NOT TO lol!!, but hey who listens to advice these days!?). This obviously made her nails even weaker, but I sculpted a new set for her and they were the best set I have ever done (oh that sculpting class is so paying dividends).
In the last week she has broken 3 which is quite unusual for her, and where the onycholysis is starting (or at least I think that is what is happening) she says her nails are very sore. So why should this be happening? I sculpt because her nails are so weak and she prefers them anyway. Could it be her picking them off has put extra pressure on her nail plate causing it to separate, plus think she may be a little more heavy handed than usual because of the extra breakages? Or is it something that I could have done? And is it onycholysis, or something else?
Any thoughts appreciated, thanks.
ps this has never happened to me before in 4 years of nailing so I'm a bit perplexed and worried I have damaged a client's nails.