The fashion for nail extensions is gradually passing. Much more popular today is the procedure for covering the nail plate with gel-varnish . It allows you to make a neat manicure, which will stay on the nails for a long time, with minimal damage to health. The use of special tools is considered harmless. But lately there have been rumors of an allergy to gel-lacquers. Visitors to manicure rooms, which can not imagine life without cover with shellac, are seriously worried. I can not believe that their favorite procedure can be dangerous!
Could there be an allergy to gel-lacquer?
However sad it may be to realize this, but practically any chemical substance can cause a negative reaction of the organism. Therefore, the allergy to gel-lacquer can begin. Fortunately, such cases are not too common, and the attack can easily be avoided if you follow simple rules.
Allergic reaction can appear as after the first manicure, and after an impressive amount of time. As you know, the gel lasts for a long time on the nails only due to the use of additional chemicals. In addition, it is dried not in the usual way, but by baking in an ultraviolet or ice-lamp.
Symptoms of allergy to gel-varnish, as a rule, appear due to such components:
- toluene - it is contained in a solvent;
- formaldehyde derivatives;
- isobornyl methacrylate;
- rosin - it is used as a basis for color coatings.
Sometimes the reaction also causes ultraviolet irradiation. Therefore, people are recommended to refuse from the procedure, who know about their "tensions" with the sun's rays.
Another probable reason for which one has to think about how to treat allergy to gel-lacquer is stress and strong emotional overstrain. Not for nothing that they say that all the problems from the nerves - even the usual gel irritated organism can react inadequately.
How is the allergy to gel-lacquer?
Means for covering the nails usually cause a contact allergic reaction. That is, the signs of the problem arise only in the areas of contact of the stimulus with the skin - on the nails and the skin around them.
The main symptom is rashes. They can be pimples, blisters, blisters and in most cases are accompanied by severe itching and the appearance of puffiness. Very rarely there can be a stratification of the nail.
How to get rid of allergies to gel-lacquer?
The first thing to do after the appearance of an allergic reaction is to remove the covering from the nail. You can do it yourself or in the salon. The second important stage of the fight is taking antihistamines:
- Tavegila ;
- Suprastin;
- Diazoline;
- Lorano.
Sometimes it is advisable to use ointments for external use:
- Advantan;
- Gyokysone;
- Levomekol;
- Radevit;
- Panthenol;
- Solcoseryl.
Not bad help and folk remedies - washing broth of string, compresses from mummies, lotions with chamomile, calendula, bark of oak, treatment of rash with eggshell, reception of dog-rose tea.
What to do to prevent allergy to gel-lacquer?
- Cover your nails only with quality compounds. Very often the reaction starts because of the use of Chinese drugs. What gel-varnishes do not cause allergies at all? The best considered are such brands as CDN, CND Vinylux, Red Carpet.
- Do a manicure with a proven master.
- Before the procedure, ladies with dry skin are recommended to soften their hands with creams or baths.
- If you understand that the nerves are at the limit, it is better to postpone a visit to the salon or manicure room.