Home care Commitment to home care is important in achieving the goals of this treatment (softened, normalized skin). It includes an AHA lotion for use nightly and a high-quality hydrating lotion for use several times throughout the rest of the day. These skincare treatments vary from 30 to 45 minutes, and some are an hour. Compensation for the service should be according to the time, the cost of products, and the complexity of the service. It is important that salons not be shy about setting their fees, but it is also important to encourage clients to want the services through promotions, even free half-samples of services, to get them to come back for more. The service should be performed on one hand; when it’s completed, have the client compare their hands. The dramatic difference can influence the client to appoint for a full manicure service just to enjoy the paraffin treatment. If possible, do not perform the treatment on the other hand, even for a charge—if only one hand is treated, the client will more likely notice the difference between the hands and to appoint for the service in the future. Offering a nail repair is also important to the natural nail clientele and will allow the nail professional to be the hero when a client splits a nail. An effective repair is a nail wrap. The professional glues the nail back to its normal position, then applies a wrap in the traditional manner, giving the client an invisible repair that can be renewed at a weekly appointment until it grows off. The client will not lose their nail, the repair is invisible, and the client will come back to maintain the wrap until the split is grown off. There is a learning curve to applying an effective wrap repair, however. Hand and foot care experts suggest a series of treatments to control problem calluses. The client comes in for an hour-long pedicure that could be called a callus refinement pedicure . The client returns weekly for a half-hour callus- only treatment until the next full pedicure (every four weeks), including callus treatment, is due again. Then some clients must continue with the half-hour treatments weekly until their next pedicure, which contains another callus treatment. Eventually the calluses are brought under control. When the calluses are at a satisfactory level, monthly callus refinement pedicures (or callus control pedicures) maintain the softened condition, supplemented by appropriate home care products. Proper sanitation and disinfection of implements and surfaces is a priority for any responsible professional. This has been demonstrated of late in the serious problems caused by unsanitary conditions and poor infection control. Perfect infection control should be a constant goal for all nailcare professionals. Asking health questions of clients and acting appropriately according to their answers is a responsibility of the nail professional. A client with diabetes, high blood pressure, circulatory issues, or other diseases must be treated carefully and responsibly. A new client sheet must be structured to ask the necessary health questions so professionals know what they are dealing with and the needed precautions.
Treatment The AHA treatment manicure can be the 15% AHA lotion massaged into the skin for one to two minutes then removed. After the massage, a hydrating lotion is applied. The massage must be shorter than usual to minimize redness and irritation. No paraffin treatment is offered with this treatment. After softness is achieved (in 6 to 12 treatments), hydrating and sloughing manicures with paraffin are the maintenance practice. The AHA treatment program may have to be repeated twice yearly for this person, but no more. Half-service sampling Sample services show clients how dramatic a change is even with only one service, and hair designers are in the perfect position to perform this very successful promotion. An important activity must become standard for the hair designer to get to this promotion: Always shake hands with clients. Then without mentioning the roughness, after the clients are seated, ask if they would like a sample of a service while in the chair receiving their hair service. Important nail services Strengthening of the natural nails can be an important service. This involves weekly manicures, matrix massage, and a nail-strengthening product. The matrix massage can be performed in tandem with any treatment- based manicure. The client is sold the appropriate nail strengthener and is taught how to use it, then is instructed to massage the matrix area of the nail nightly with a cuticle oil to stimulate grow of the nail plate. Weekly manicures, including the appropriate treatment-based manicure plus massage of the matrix area of each nail and application of the nail treatment, are important, and strong, healthy nails are the result of the program. Pedicures The pedicures on a menu of services are similar to the manicures, with added treatment for the higher level of presence of calluses. Calluses again bring up discussion of the use of a credo knife/blade (callus shaver), for which there is only one comment: Credos are dangerous and their use constitutes surgery, something beauty professionals are not authorized to perform. And if they are wise, they will not use them. The development of new products for dissolving calluses has made the use of credos unnecessary, and salons committed to eliminating them from their services are finding this to be true. The products allow calluses to be reduced and smoothed without the use of credos. Basic requirements for performing pedicures The evolution of this industry into treatment-based services has added certain requirements and responsibilities for nailcare professionals conducting the services. Exfoliation of the skin is a basic requirement for these treatment manicures and pedicures. Removal of the dead cells by a scrub before applying a treatment allows their ingredients to penetrate and improve the skin. No exfoliation means no improvement; it’s as simple as that. The usual type of exfoliation utilized in the nail industry is a physical or granular scrub, though some salons use an enzyme product from the skincare industry.
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