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Acrylic nails during pregnancy

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in June 2015 Moms
acrylic nails during pregnancy?
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Re: Acrylic nails during pregnancy

  • kbbtahkbbtah member
    Check the search function. We had this discussion about two weeks ago. :)
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  • KonaCoffeeBeanKonaCoffeeBean member
    I'll never understand this trend.
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  • BabyListBabyList member
    KonaCoffeeBean said:

    I'll never understand this trend.

    What don't you understand?
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  • KonaCoffeeBeanKonaCoffeeBean member
    BabyList said:

    KonaCoffeeBean said:

    I'll never understand this trend.

    What don't you understand?
    Why some women find having plastic glued to their fingernails attractive. I love the look of a fresh, well done manicure, but the appearance of long, fake nails does not appeal to me.
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  • mvargas12mvargas12 member
    @KonaCoffeeBean she's asking if it's safe, not if you approve.
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  • KonaCoffeeBeanKonaCoffeeBean member
    mvargas12 said:

    @KonaCoffeeBean she's asking if it's safe, not if you approve.




    Ah, thank you. I don't go to nail salons that do acrylics, because the smell makes me want to hurl, but I suppose that could be safe. Maybe look it up in a pregnancy book?
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  • ElRubyElRuby member
    I am going to say acrylic nails are unsafe for humans, pregnant or not.... The smell alone should give you a heads up that they probably aren't the greatest...
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  • taboullio84taboullio84 member
    KonaCoffeeBean said:

    BabyList said:

    KonaCoffeeBean said:

    I'll never understand this trend.

    What don't you understand?
    Why some women find having plastic glued to their fingernails attractive. I love the look of a fresh, well done manicure, but the appearance of long, fake nails does not appeal to me.
    My nails are long and real. I started getting the acrylic on them to keep them from breaking and bleeding at work. On a plus side they don't scratch skin like regular nails do. ( even short real nails can tear you apart)
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  • BabyListBabyList member
    I googled this yesterday and it says safe as long as the area is well ventilated.
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  • KaLikeAWindKaLikeAWind member

    KonaCoffeeBean    I've gotten acrylics before because I am a nail picker. Not a biter, but while my mind is elsewhere and my hands aren't busy I'll just start trying to grab an edge of a nail with my other hand and bend it back, over, find a rough spot to catch onto and rip that sucker off. It's a terrible habit, and I've tried for years to stop doing it, to no avail. I've always done it, but I do it worse when stressed. I've literally ripped my nails down into my quicks and *then kept going*. So acrylics for me actually protected me from myself, and let me have pretty nails. I had to stop because with my last job my stress was so bad I was actually picking the acrylics themselves off and that was even worse for my nails than the damage I did to my regular ones, and I didn't see the point of constantly paying for it every 2 weeks if I was just gonna pull them off each time. So, that's one reason why someone might get some.

    OP - I've read that as long as the area is well ventilated, it should be fine, but I would probably get a little mask like the nail techs wear for yourself to prevent you from breathing in the dust that comes up when they use the motorized file thing

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  • LuvLoveXoLuvLoveXo member
    One thing to keep in mind is that acrylic nails harbor TONS of bacteria and germs. You may want to stop getting them after baby is born. Nurses in many hospital maternity wards, especially NICUs, are not allowed to have them for this reason. Just food for thought.
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  • SerenamarrSerenamarr member
    After doing some reading, I stopped getting my nails done in the first trimester, when baby was most developmentally sensitive. I just began getting them done again recently, but I made a few changes to make absolutely sure it is safe as can be. First of all, I make sure I go as soon as the salon opens on a week day. I am almost always the only one there, and since the salon has had all night to air out, I don't have to worry about all the scary fumes and dust in the air that accumulates by the end of the day. Second, I switched from gel powder (similar to acrylic, where they mix a powder with a liquid to get the polymer that goes on the nail) to colored pre-mixed gel. It was my nail tech's suggestion, she said it was safer because it has no smell and doesn't put powder in the air. It's still hard and thick like the acrylic, but without the stinky side effects! And it dries under LED light so at most I spend 35 minutes in the salon.
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