ChicUnique
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Hi geeks! I took on a new client 3 weeks ago, and whilst we were doing her consultation she told me the she had a cycling accident a few years ago and hurt her thumb and as a result her thumb nail grows then just dies and falls off.
I asked if she had been to her gp and she said she had several times. Her nail looked fine, but I kept her nail short and applied the gelish, she came back last night to have new Gelish and said her nail had died again, I could see it looked like it had completely lifted from the nail bed.
I decided to gently buff the gelish off that nail rather than soaking it off, and right enough her nail is completely dead looking, yet its still pink at the lunula. I explained and showed her where about the matrix is and how nails are 'made' etc and that its not uncommon for a trauma to permanently damage a nail.
She showed me where she had fractured her thumb and it is in line with where the nail died. She said she has asked her doctor to remove the nail as it can be painful once it dies and she catches it but they refused saying it wasn't necessary. I said if it could be removed, once it had healed it would be easy to sculpt a new nail from l&p and use adhesive to attach it (would be a short term fix tho) so she is going to try a different gp at the practice and explain what I've said and see if they will agree to remove it.
I just wonder if I have advised her and done the right thing, and wonder if anyone has had a client or seen anything similar and do you have any more advice I could give her? When the nail eventually falls off this time is it worth sculpting a new one from the small bit that's left (using a bead to give me a ledge then a form to extend it that I read on a post gigi advised about a toe) and just keep the natural nail down so it doesnt get the chance to grow and break? sorry for such a long post. And hopeful that someone can help
I asked if she had been to her gp and she said she had several times. Her nail looked fine, but I kept her nail short and applied the gelish, she came back last night to have new Gelish and said her nail had died again, I could see it looked like it had completely lifted from the nail bed.
I decided to gently buff the gelish off that nail rather than soaking it off, and right enough her nail is completely dead looking, yet its still pink at the lunula. I explained and showed her where about the matrix is and how nails are 'made' etc and that its not uncommon for a trauma to permanently damage a nail.
She showed me where she had fractured her thumb and it is in line with where the nail died. She said she has asked her doctor to remove the nail as it can be painful once it dies and she catches it but they refused saying it wasn't necessary. I said if it could be removed, once it had healed it would be easy to sculpt a new nail from l&p and use adhesive to attach it (would be a short term fix tho) so she is going to try a different gp at the practice and explain what I've said and see if they will agree to remove it.
I just wonder if I have advised her and done the right thing, and wonder if anyone has had a client or seen anything similar and do you have any more advice I could give her? When the nail eventually falls off this time is it worth sculpting a new one from the small bit that's left (using a bead to give me a ledge then a form to extend it that I read on a post gigi advised about a toe) and just keep the natural nail down so it doesnt get the chance to grow and break? sorry for such a long post. And hopeful that someone can help
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