A spa manicure is a cosmetic treatment for the nails that typically includes cleaning, shaping, and polishing the nails, as well as moisturizing the hands. Here are some details, positive and negative aspects, and ingredients or materials related to spa manicure products:
Details:
- Nail products used in spas and salons may contain potentially harmful ingredients, but are allowed on the market because they are safe when used as directed.
- Cosmetics sold on a retail basis to consumers must bear a list of ingredients, with the names of the ingredients listed in descending order of predominance.
- Employers and workers can take steps to protect health when working with products that contain potentially hazardous chemicals.
- Harmful substances such as toluenesulfonamide-formaldehyde resin and methacrylates have been identified in commercial nail products, leading to several adverse effects.
Positive aspects:
- Some nail products claim to be made without hazardous chemicals.
- There are safer nail polish brands available that are free of harmful chemicals.
Negative aspects:
- Some people may become allergic to certain nail product ingredients.
- Nail products may contain chemicals that can affect worker health.
- Some nail products contain potentially harmful chemicals, such as the "toxic trio" of toluene, formaldehyde, and dibutyl phthalate.
- Some nail hardeners may contain formaldehyde, which can cause onycholysis (separation of the nail from the nail bed) .
- Harmful substances such as toluenesulfonamide-formaldehyde resin and methacrylates have been identified in commercial nail products, leading to several adverse effects.
Ingredients or materials:
- Artificial nail removers consist primarily of acetonitrile.
- Other nail products contain resins that form a strong coating on the nails, rather than hardening the nails themselves. For example, toluene sulfonamide/formaldehyde resin (TSFR) is used in some nail polishes to make the coating tough and resilient.
- Artificial nails are composed primarily of acrylic polymers.
- Gel nail polish consists mostly of methacrylate compounds, photoinitiators, and plasticizers.
- Harmful substances such as toluenesulfonamide-formaldehyde resin and methacrylates have been identified in commercial nail products.
