A metacrylate, which is used, for example, to make gel and acrylic nails can be strongly allergic. Risks can be minimized, but you can’t protect yourself completely, even if you do everything as you should.
The gel polish must be hardened with a nail oven.
Nail gelaying is a popular way to get a well -groomed and long -lasting lacquer. It is so popular that many have started to do it at home.
However, there is a risk in the gel nails that cannot be avoided.
Contact dermatitis is a symptom that can be obtained when allergic to acrylate.
Gel nail materials, gel polishes and acrylic nails are made with substances containing metacrylate compounds. Compounds can cause contact dermatitis, ie itchy, red and scaly rashes.
Dermatologist Carl Kyrklund The skin hospital reports that acrylate allergy is a slightly misleading term.
– There are two types of allergies. Antihistamine helps with immediate allergies, and usually the subject of allergy can be tolerated. This is a contact allergy that has nothing to do with immediate allergies. It does not help the histamins and cannot be tolerated, says Kyrklund.
Touch rash occurs when you are in contact with the allergenic substance. The risk can be minimized, but it cannot be completely avoided.
Kyrklund says that the varnish must not be touched before it hardens. Miika Keihänen
– Acrylate allergies when it is at a molding stage. In this case, touching the substance should be avoided, says Kyrklund.
Also, the gel varnish should not be applied to the nail or to the surrounding skin.
“You simply need to avoid touching the varnish before hardening,” says Kyrklund.
The cured gel polish does not cause allergies.
“My idea is that the nail does not provide adequate protection on the skin, so that the soft acrylate mixture, which remains, can allergic to the skin underneath the nail,” says Kyrklund.
Occupational Health Institute Changing products to others does not help, as an allergenic person can get a rash from a variety of meta -tachas.
– It does not necessarily mean that you never have to put gel nails, but you should use preparations that do not contain that allergenic substance. But in practice, acrylates are in those gel nails that attaching substance, says Kyrklund.
This is how you minimize risks
– Do not touch a hardened gel polish.
– Use only the required amount of gel polish. Too thick a layer of varnish leaks easily around the nail and does not harden properly in the oven.
– Use protective gloves if possible. The best protection is neoprene gum gloves marked with EN 374-1 and CE.
– Cough the gel varnish under enough effective oven. Gel polishes usually have instructions on how effective the nail oven you need and how long you need to harden.
– If the gel varnish spreads before curing the nail or surrounding skin, wipe it off as carefully as possible.
– Wash your hands as soon as the nail work is done.
– Make sure the varnish bottles are in neat condition and there is no gel polish in the neck of the bottles, for example.