Mrs.Clooney
Positive Geek
Attached are photos of a client who has been coming to me for a few months. She knows I participate on a professional forum and won't mind me asking for some input here.
Both her and her mum changed over from another nail system (different techs and different salons) , and whilst not in any way criticising the system used, I question the ability of the techs as the nails were very damaged... pitted and overbuffed! One of the techs advised that hand creams and treatment oils cause lifting and advised against their use .
Most of the damage has now grown out on both mum and daughter, although I have noticed extreme difficulty in soaking off the Calgel I've applied at the tips where the damage and scoring is still visible. Not a Calgel problem, but that of the damage. Just goes to show why NSS key the nails prior to application..... it sticks and won't budge!
Early October JPG is of the daughter's nails and shows how the damage has grown out with healthy looking nails towards the base and the damage towards the free edge. This brings me to my next problem... she came to me yesterday for soak off and reapplication. She has not been at all well, especially of late. The doctors cannot find out exactly what is wrong but she has been having some digestive problems and has lost one and a half stone in the last month. She apparently had an extreme Vit D deficiency in April which was corrected and the only medication she is taking is to help with excessive acid.
The two 4th Nov pics were taken yesterday after soak off, revealing badly peeling nails mid nail plate on 7 of her fingers. The Calgel on all of these nails had started lifting considerably from the base of the nails. 3 of the nails on her left hand had no lifting and interestingly enough, no peeling mid nail.
I doubt this is a Calgel or technical problem. I also don't think my client has in any ways been picking at the lifting gel as there was no evidence for this and think that this is due to her ill health. I recommended that she had no more Calgel applied as I don't think the soakoffs are doing her any favours at this point in time. I have instead recommended nourishing prescription manicures until her health problems are resolved.
I would really value your input please as I was quietly dismayed by the state of her nails currently. We were making good progress from the damage done so it is really sad that this has happened.
Thank you.
Both her and her mum changed over from another nail system (different techs and different salons) , and whilst not in any way criticising the system used, I question the ability of the techs as the nails were very damaged... pitted and overbuffed! One of the techs advised that hand creams and treatment oils cause lifting and advised against their use .
Most of the damage has now grown out on both mum and daughter, although I have noticed extreme difficulty in soaking off the Calgel I've applied at the tips where the damage and scoring is still visible. Not a Calgel problem, but that of the damage. Just goes to show why NSS key the nails prior to application..... it sticks and won't budge!
Early October JPG is of the daughter's nails and shows how the damage has grown out with healthy looking nails towards the base and the damage towards the free edge. This brings me to my next problem... she came to me yesterday for soak off and reapplication. She has not been at all well, especially of late. The doctors cannot find out exactly what is wrong but she has been having some digestive problems and has lost one and a half stone in the last month. She apparently had an extreme Vit D deficiency in April which was corrected and the only medication she is taking is to help with excessive acid.
The two 4th Nov pics were taken yesterday after soak off, revealing badly peeling nails mid nail plate on 7 of her fingers. The Calgel on all of these nails had started lifting considerably from the base of the nails. 3 of the nails on her left hand had no lifting and interestingly enough, no peeling mid nail.
I doubt this is a Calgel or technical problem. I also don't think my client has in any ways been picking at the lifting gel as there was no evidence for this and think that this is due to her ill health. I recommended that she had no more Calgel applied as I don't think the soakoffs are doing her any favours at this point in time. I have instead recommended nourishing prescription manicures until her health problems are resolved.
I would really value your input please as I was quietly dismayed by the state of her nails currently. We were making good progress from the damage done so it is really sad that this has happened.
Thank you.