Do you wear a mask

[naildaze]

do you wear a mask when you do nail enhancements?
I don't but I think if I was using an e-file I would. Or if I was still working with acrylics a lot. But with the gels and filing by hand I don't. Maybe I should be.. but no one else here seems to either..

 

[naildaze]

please tell me I am not the only one here who doesn't
haha

 

[Bagpuss]

I dont but have been thinking that maybe i should...i hand file.

 

[tracey louise]

i dont either although my mum and sister tell me i should as i have had afew minor breathing problems but i suffer with anxiety so i put my problems down to that.i did actually buy some but when i wore it i just felt abit suffocated and it put me off wearing them.x

 

[naildaze]

I could see them feeling that way too
I don't know that I'd like them
But they would be good to not get dust inhaled, esp with the chemicals in the dust from nails, or when filing peoples feet incase they have an infection.
There is one place here I know that all the employees wear them and they do acrylics a lot so I figured they just do to avoid over exposion to the product.

 

[tracey louise]

i dont know of any local salons that wear them other than oriental salons and they all use electric files.x

 

[adelekeegan1]

I hand file (mostly gel). I don't wear a mask but then I don't sit doing nails all day.

 

[nailzandbeauty]

I think im going to have to has iv had some breathing problems aswell especially at night when iv done set of nails mostly acrylic.Im new to this system so havnt masterd it right yet but i think the mask is going on i hate them they make me sweat around the top lip it bugs me.I do use a table top air filter but sometimes iv done my nails for myself and havnt switched it on and by god do i know about it.I would if i was you as im going to! good luck x

 

[NoLimitNails]

I could be wrong here, but isn't the mask only for the filing dust? I mean chemicals can penetrate the mask, unless it's a gasmask right?
I don't use one, but I use a ventilation system for transporting the dust away...

 

[naildaze]

I could be wrong here, but isn't the mask only for the filing dust? I mean chemicals can penetrate the mask, unless it's a gasmask right?
I don't use one, but I use a ventilation system for transporting the dust away...

I think your right
but maybe it would make you smell it less?

 

[deanosnana]

i dont know of any local salons that wear them other than oriental salons and they all use electric files.x

Same here. I won't wear one as I don't want to be compared to them. I feel I work safely enough so I don't need one. :hug:

 

[marioned]

E-files make very fine particles which float around for much longer than those from hand filing. I only hand file and I don't wear a mask.

 

[blossom]

I don't at the moment although I used to when I started but tbh they make you hot and are not comfortable. . . BUTI am definitely thinking that I should. I am busier than I have ever been and apart from the fact that I am asthmatic (although it doesn't affect me, much to my surprise!!) who on earth wants dust on their lungs if they don't have to? We don't know the long term effects, do we and it seems a sensible precaution.I hand file, and most clients don't have a lot of lifting so it's not clouds of dust we're talking about here, but there is some, obviously, which is only too obvious under my lamp. Especially when I do a French rebalance.With regard to the chemicals, I work as safely as I know how and in a ventilated space so I am more concerned about the dust than the chemicals.

 

[deanosnana]

Excellent thread. It's got me thinking...

If you do wear a mask or are going to wear a mask in the future, will you also offer one to your client?

 

[sknight]

I hand file and don't wear a mask

 

[nailspirit]

I hand file and DID not wear a mask. Did not...but now i do. Over some time without wearing no mask (or any protective items) i developed really "nice" irritation/allergic reactions. After every set my eyes started do itch and got red and swollen. They are like that for qouple of days and then usually the irritation starts to vanish...ou and that happened with gel. And i did nails only 1-3 times a week that time.

Now i wear a mask, safety glasses, cloves and have a dust collestor on my table. I really do not want to take any risk of getting my throat swollen up some day

Until that time i did not have ANY allergies...nothing! My clients know why i wear protective gear and are not affraid of it:lol:

 

[blossom]

Excellent thread. It's got me thinking...

If you do wear a mask or are going to wear a mask in the future, will you also offer one to your client?

Crikey no!!! Only if they are about to breathe germs all over me lol!!

No, seriously, a client is going to come into contact with the dust once every 2 or 3 weeks. I wouldn't wear one myself if I only did the odd client. But I do a lot lot more than that, like most techs, and I'm going to come into contact with dust from every single client appointment.

 

[RedAdmiral]

I have recently been thinking about it as over xmas I felt dust everywhere - face, throat, lungs I was so busy I sat for hours in the dust it was horrible. I practice good house keeping always covering dust with fresh couch roll after filling, have a vent on my desk and an air purifyer (you know the ones that spin water around and collect dust particles) I keep the salon spotless but the air con keeps it swirling round and round.
When I airbrush spray tan I use one but thats only for 5 mins and I hate the Darth vader feeling - eew sweaty!
I'm getting very conscious of what will happen long term, I know I'm a new business and I'm doing alot of the heavy work so I'm hoping this year I can reduce and spend less days in the dust.
My nails are thin but there is still dust at french rebalances - gel is the worst and can give me spots .

 

[Lucia Etch]

After taking my CND masters course and meeting Doug schoon;
I started not only wearing a mask; I wear gloves too.
I was having serious breathing problems, along with a horrible cough.
For myself; it did not matter, with either hand or e-filing.
Nail dust is dust, I've found it goes everywhere. With or without gadgets that suck, filter, remove, there is still dust.
As far as I know, (My daughter is the biochemist in our family) (Im not a doctor) I only have one pair of lungs and I'm going to do my best to keep them.

 

[Noodle]

I hand file and don't wear a mask either. A mask looks rather clinical don't you think? Although if I had an allergy or aversion to the dust, I'd be very tempted to put one on.