My clients nail is dis-attaching from finger and nail. You can stick an orange stick under the nail quite far up. Esp on little finger. I dont buff the nail plate and only do overlays on her so dont think it is from damage etc.
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That's Onycholysis, very difficult to get rid of while there is any length (or strength) on the nail, as soon as a little bit heals, it just takes one knock and you are back to square one .... Also the nail will shed more skin cells underneath to try and solve the problem, these shed skin cells (if not cleaned out from under the nail) will also prevent the nail from re-attaching itself, kinda like festering to get rid of a splinter (it's the way the body works), if there is crap stuck under the nail, it can't possibly re-attach itself.
It depends on the clients nail structure and what product you use, primer is the enemy, (so many techs are taught to tilt the nail forward while priming) and often using an over-sized brush with too much primer ...... it flows under the hyponychium, it can eat into the tender flesh and cause separation (some monomers can cause this too, some monomers contains acids, but use synonyms (excluding the word "ACID") to make them sound less harsh),when in fact they are just as bad ...... so can the shrinkage of gel products (making the nail tighter than naturally designed), overfiling/thinning and the use of drills (almost cooking the blood cells due to friction).
In my years of experience, I find there are 3 types of Onycholysis.
1. The condition itself (even on Natural Nails) never touched by anything (never seen all that many of these).
2. Mechanical (caused by drills and over-filing), or a really hard knock (not a disease as such), more a condition
3. Chemical (caused by over-priming, or any chemical the nail is exposed to), not a disease as such, more a condition.
Many just say oooooh, "she's got Onycholysis", run, hide and point the finger (often in the wrong direction) ----- (blaming the client), without looking for the reason behind it, which is often caused by a careless technician.
Onycholysis has become very broad and Idiopathic, when most causes can be traced.