![]() ![]() Enhancements that will not soak off in solvents designed to remove acrylics (or take a very, very long time to soak off and when they do turn gummy rather than flakey like EMA).Enhancements which are extremely hard and very difficult to file even with coarse abrasives.Ammonia-like odor when filing cured product (for fill-ins or repairs).If you experience any tightness in your throat or chest, tingling in your fingers, lightheadedness, dizziness, or an odd taste in your mouth, it is possible that MMA is being used - this odor doesn’t smell like other acrylic liquids and is often described as a "fruity" odor. However, while the smell may offend you, it should not physically affect you. Beauty services involving chemicals often have offensive odors, like perms. Strong odor that physically affects you.There is no proof it will damage a developing fetus.Methyl Methacrylate has not been proven to cause lung damage (though overexposure can cause symptoms listed above in the Facts section).MMA does not "eat through the nail bed", though the severe roughing up of the nails that is required for it to stick will cause damage.Methyl Methacrylate has not been proven to cause cancer.if you stick your head in a bucket of water for five minutes (don't try this at home ). " Anyone can come up with a list of all the things a chemical CAN do, even water! Water CAN kill you. Fact: Under the conditions nail tech use these products, they are safe and will not cause any these problems related to long term, mass overexposure. ![]() You could die from eating too much baby food. Hey, what doesn't? Especially if you really overexposure yourself, all sorts of things can happen. Myth 3- "MMA and EMA cause liver damage, kidney damage., etc". But, the properties that make it great bone cement, makes it a terrible nail enhancement product which damages the nail plate and bed. Give me a break, how much more proof does it take? Here is the real issue. ![]() EMA has TWICE in seven years been declared safe to use by the highly prestigious CIR expert panel of world renown dermatologist, toxicologists and doctors (and the FDA agreed with the finding). The question is, are they dangerous when used correctly? The answer is no. Wine CAN be a dangerous mixture of chemical. ![]() Workers in hundreds of types of industries use both of these monomers and there are reams of studies which support the fact that both monomers are safe to nail technicians (but sadly not for clients). Here's the trick- this isn't even the issue! It's designed to fool you away from the real issue. MMA isn't dangerous to nail technicians health. Myth 2- "MMA is just a safe as EMA" and people who are trying to scare you about EMA say "EMA is just a dangerous as MMA". Phoebe Rich (1) Drills (3) Electric Files (3) Enhancements (26) Filing (1) Fill (3) Forms (2) Fungus (1) Gel (22) Gel Polish (1) Gift Cards (1) Greenies (1) Health (2) Interviewing (1) L&P (8) LED (3) Legal Issues (8) Licensing (1) Lifting (2) Manicures (1) MMA (2) Money (1) Myths (5) Nail Disorders (4) Nail Files (1) Nail Polish (1) Nail Structure (4) Natural Nail Structure (4) Natural Nails (5) New Techs (2) Non-Standard (2) NSS (1) Pink & White/French (2) Prep (4) Pricing (4) Primer (1) Professionalism (5) Rebalance (3) Removal (1) Resumes (1) Rings of Fire (1) Russian Manicure (2) Safety (1) Sanitation (1) Shaping (1) Social Media (2) Solar Nails (1) Solvents (1) Systems (1) Technique (19) Terminology (2) Timing (1) Tips (5) Tools (3) Training (1) Tricks of the Trade (2) Troubleshooting (6) UV Lamps (5) Vicki Peters (9) Video Review (1) Vitaly Solomonoff (1) Waterless (1) Wraps (4) Yellowing (1) About Me (2) Acetone (3) Acrylic (24) Adhesive (1) Adhesives (2) Alternative Products (2) Anatomy (2) Athena Elliot (1) Backfill (1) Bits (1) Brushes (3) Business (11) Chemistry (14) Clients (4) Communication (3) Controversy (2) Customer Service (2) Cuticle (1) Damaged nails (5) Dip Systems (2) Doug Schoon (12) Dr. ![]()
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