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I am slightly concerned about some of the questions you are asking. You have completed your NVQ level 3 in nails which I understand is an advanced qualification and some of the questions should have been more than covered.
You are also asking about teaching nails which is even more concerning.
Do you not think you would benefit from further training.
You are also asking about teaching nails which is even more concerning.
Do you not think you would benefit from further training.
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
You think you are worried ??? My lord --- the questions asked sound like no training has been done at all. I am genuinely shocked and frankly saddened!
Beautification
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How on earth would you be able to take away the cuticle after you've done the nail extension?
There's going to be acrylic or gel covering the whole of the nail plate so it will be virtually impossible the only way i can think of maybe it's what you mean is if you have a client for infills... youd be able to push them back slightly but not remove the cuticle under the rest of the acrylic/gel.
There's going to be acrylic or gel covering the whole of the nail plate so it will be virtually impossible the only way i can think of maybe it's what you mean is if you have a client for infills... youd be able to push them back slightly but not remove the cuticle under the rest of the acrylic/gel.
xAnnaBannAx
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Exquisite Touch
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true cuticle is on the nail plate its what is left behind when the nail grows from the matrix up, all this should be removed BEFORE your enhancement is applied.... leaving cuticle behind on the nail plate will leave you open to lifting and product break down. What you are referring to is probably the eponychium and perionychium (sp) which combined is what we refer to as cuticle and you shouldnt be removing this as this will create scar tissue. All this should have been explained too you about cuticle on level 2 and the removal of true cuticle on level 3.
But to be fair when I was taught on level 3 it wasnt until I went for training with my supplier and the tutorials on here that I really understood about true cuticle.
hth
But to be fair when I was taught on level 3 it wasnt until I went for training with my supplier and the tutorials on here that I really understood about true cuticle.
hth
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
The highlighted red words above are incorrect. WE if we is referring to professionals do not call anything cuticle which is not cuticle.
Even though the poster seems to be aware of what cuticle is EVEN this post is confusing (and is one of the reasons why people are still so confused) because 3 different terms have been used !!
There s no such thing as true cuticle there is only cuticle.
The eponychium and tissue surrounding the nail which should NEVER be referred to as cuticle by a professional because it isn't cuticle. The eponychium and the perionychium and the hyponychium should ALWAYS be referred to by a professional using their proper names.
Hopefully the excerpt below from the book 'nailclass' by gigi rouse should help everyone realise what cuticle actually is.
There is much confusion as to just what cuticle is. It is referred to as: True cuticle, non-living tissue, pterygium, and probably many more things, all misleading. Some think the eponychium is the cuticle. Lets define.
Cuticle is made up of exfoliated skin cells from the folds of skin surrounding the nail unit. Cuticle is non-living. Cuticle is NOT pterygium (which is an over growth of skin cells). Cuticle is not the eponychium (which is living skin surrounding the base of the nail unit). Cuticle is not true cuticle as opposed to false cuticle, it IS cuticle.
If the cuticle is not regularly removed or rubbed off in some way, then it will build up and stick together until it almost looks like a membrane which is growing from under the eponychium but it is not growing and it is not living, it is just building up until such time as it is removed.
Geeg, does this mean that those who do manis use the wrong word when they say that they cut cuticle??
Sorry if that still sounds dumb.
VHunter
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What is being cut is usually the eponychium (which I'm sure Gigi will smack me if I'm wrong :lol: xoxo)
Which shouldn't be cut anyway, and only pushed gently back.
I liken it to the rubber seal on a car window, when explaining to clients.
Like the rubber keeps nasties from getting past the window into the car, the eponychium prevents bacteria and such from getting to the matrix from which the nail grows. If that were to become infected, all sorts of problems could arise.
"Cuticle" oil is also a misnomer. Since after all, we remove the cuticle so why would we condition it?.
Should be "Nail/skin/enhancement conditioner" but that's a bit long for some folks. :wink2:
Which shouldn't be cut anyway, and only pushed gently back.
I liken it to the rubber seal on a car window, when explaining to clients.
Like the rubber keeps nasties from getting past the window into the car, the eponychium prevents bacteria and such from getting to the matrix from which the nail grows. If that were to become infected, all sorts of problems could arise.
"Cuticle" oil is also a misnomer. Since after all, we remove the cuticle so why would we condition it?.
Should be "Nail/skin/enhancement conditioner" but that's a bit long for some folks. :wink2:
That's what I thought too. But I've grown very cautious and didn't want to use it, in vain
I don't cut it either. But some people do and it's called 'the classic manicure' over here.
Seems so :wink2:.
Thks.
catsaremad
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When I did my origional training 5/6 years ago we were taught when doing manicures to nip the eponicyium back and If I remember correctly we were told at the time that this was the cuticle !!!! I only found out it was the eponychium when I did my gel training and not to be nipping it back !!
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Yes for years and years people, trainers and manicurists have been incorrectly calling the eponychium the cuticle so then they had to invent other names for what really is the cuticle (calling it true cuticle or pterygium or secondary cuticle etc). It has all gotten into a proper tangle when it really is all so simple.
We of course should never cut the eponychium (even if clients ask us to) as it is living tissue with a blood supply.
It is sometimes necessary to nip the cuticle if it has been so neglected that it has become thickened and stuck together and is s bit stubborn ... but it is clearly sitting on the nail plate and is non living. It is however not normally necessary but more of an extreme example.
We of course should never cut the eponychium (even if clients ask us to) as it is living tissue with a blood supply.
It is sometimes necessary to nip the cuticle if it has been so neglected that it has become thickened and stuck together and is s bit stubborn ... but it is clearly sitting on the nail plate and is non living. It is however not normally necessary but more of an extreme example.
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