Oily nails

[nailhaven]

Hi Guys

Iv been told extensions dont last on oily nails, so would u tell a client that its better not to try? Is there a way of seeing wether nails r oily before u start with enhancements or is there a way to treat them apart from the prep and dehydrating?

thanx xx

 

[Bagpuss]

I would enhance first and see how they go....To be honest I have not once since 2004 had anyone with these so called oily nail plates...I am not saying they don't exist, just that either the are not very common or i just get lucky...:lol:

 

[fiona wallace]

Have to agree with Angie, over the years, especially the early ones, we thought people had oily nails and did all the extra prep and dehydrating, however, we found over time that as long as people had PROPER prep and real cuticle on the nail plate removed, the oily nails didn't exist....well at least not amongst our clientele.

 

[nailartist]

I had a client (my salon owner) who has excessively sweaty hands--and I mean they literally DRIP sometimes!--and I had to triple-dehydrate her nail plates to get anything close to a chalky-looking surface. And I dehydrated (and primed) each nail before applying the product, as well. She would lift only a few days later, and once it happened the next day, probably because I didn't dehydrate enough:irked:. We had to give up because we could not keep up with the oil!

One good thing in her favor--she has beautiful skin from all that natural oil!

 

[Urban Geek]

I have on the very rare occasion had clients with extremely clamy hands so therefore super prep but have cringed when I have noticed what would like the beginning of lifting before I have even finished the nails.

Quite often clients with very clamy hands are on medication.

I usually bring it to the clients attention that it is very unusual and ask them to pay particular attention to home care.

 

[nailhaven]

thanx everyone

my tutor at college had very oily nails and she couldnt keep extensions on for more than a day. thats mainly the reason for asking whether or not to do it. if the client doesnt know this and they start coming off very quickly then they will think it is the techs fault and prob just think we r no good and never come back. im using creative which doesnt need primer but do u think i shud use the primer to be safe on new clients?

 

[Peter Pan]

i was taught that oily beds are quite frequent with drug users, so if this is the case with you (they wont tell you they take drugs on consultation) i would deffo do a super prep

 

[nailhaven]

wow really. do u know the most common meds that also have an affect on enhancements not lasting?

 

[gillian w]

I think i have a client who has these so called oily plates.She was a long standing eyelash tinting client and when i first trained in calgel she was my guinea pig i definately picked the wrong one :lol: i thought i was such a failure because hers just came off in one go after at most a couple of days.
Now ive done a lot more people, i know it isnt me.I do her still if she wants them for an evening but they never last long and ive done tips, sculpts and even bought nsi balance hard gel to use on just her but that came off too.
She also cannot keep varnish on for long that comes off in one go rather than like most people where it chips.
Now if someone has had a client like this and got around it id love to know how, she has become a mission of mine,i do wish i did l and p to try that.

 

[Angelaznailz]

Just did a set of nails on a bride last weekend with the same problem as described above. Thankfully they lasted through the wedding but they had come off even before she had left for the honeymoon a couple of days later. I had applied L & P to her twice before (and she had tried another 2 salons in the past just to see if it was me :irked but no luck - they just lifted off within 3 days. Luckily she understood that it was just 'one of those things' and that she was the one in a million that enhancements didn't agree with.

 

[lizzie27]

yer i think there are definately people with more oily nails that can be more prone to lifting or losing some....thorough prep is the best solution, and good products xxx

 

[CurlyQs]

I have a client who has an iron deficiency that was diagnosed by 'oil spots' on her nails. Her derm noticed she had yellowy-brownish spots on some of her nails. He said that is a sign/symptom of the deficiency. Sure enough her blood work came back with that result even though her nail spots were the only symptoms.

 

[*JOANNE*]

i suffer from it, i have graves/over active thyroid and i have too prep and fully finish each enhancement start to finish before moving onto the next finger, if i dont do this i get lifting

 

[ValencianNails]

http://www.salongeek.com/nail-geek/17753-who-has-all-these-oily-nails.html

Read the linked thread... loads of fab info