Hi all -
I know this might be a reach, but I'm desperate to find out more about what's happened.
About 6 weeks ago, I noticed my sense of smell decreasing, and now I barely have any. I can't smell good things or bad things (I can't smell the catbox when I change it, so that's saying something!) I can't smell monomer. It's affecting my sense of taste as well.
I do have asthma, and take medication (inhalers) for that. This loss of sense seemed to happen around a particularly bad asthma time, however it's also been suggested to me that it might be something I'm working with.
I use precautions with my chemicals, and as I'm part time (and partly mobile), I'm not locked up in a room for 8 hours a day in a room full of monomer smell. I've been doing nails for 5 years and this is a first for me.
Has any other tech here experienced anything similar, or heard of anything like this? I'll be speaking to the doctor next week, but wanted to do a bit more research.
* I'm posting this thread here as I wanted to hear from nail techs, but I understand if mods want to move it. I found this article stating that nail techs are more likely to experience a loss of sense of smell, and just wanted to see if anyone here knew anything about it. Thanks!
I know this might be a reach, but I'm desperate to find out more about what's happened.
About 6 weeks ago, I noticed my sense of smell decreasing, and now I barely have any. I can't smell good things or bad things (I can't smell the catbox when I change it, so that's saying something!) I can't smell monomer. It's affecting my sense of taste as well.
I do have asthma, and take medication (inhalers) for that. This loss of sense seemed to happen around a particularly bad asthma time, however it's also been suggested to me that it might be something I'm working with.
I use precautions with my chemicals, and as I'm part time (and partly mobile), I'm not locked up in a room for 8 hours a day in a room full of monomer smell. I've been doing nails for 5 years and this is a first for me.
Has any other tech here experienced anything similar, or heard of anything like this? I'll be speaking to the doctor next week, but wanted to do a bit more research.
* I'm posting this thread here as I wanted to hear from nail techs, but I understand if mods want to move it. I found this article stating that nail techs are more likely to experience a loss of sense of smell, and just wanted to see if anyone here knew anything about it. Thanks!