Taking care of our nails could become very challenging, especially, when we have an issue with our finger nails. This could be due to breaking our fingernail while working or our finger nails getting affected by whitlow. It might be difficult for us to do much on our own and the only option might be using the services of a nail repair salon. The salon will usually have the right tools to attend to your finger nails as well as the expertise to treat them. Considering the fact that anybody can start a salon and claim to be a nail repairing expert, it is important to be on the look out and be sure that you only visit the right salon to repair your nails. Here are some things you should look out for when you want to pick a salon to repair your nails. This is due to increasing reports about nail salons where repairs are not properly done or where they are done with poor hygiene, leading to avoidable infections on customers.
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License
Most government all over the world takes issues that have to do with health and body care very seriously. Considering the health risks that could arise from unhygienic or improper repair of finger nails, government license is required in several countries and cities across the world for nail salons. The international pedicure association directs that nail salons should prominently display their licenses, so that their customers are assured that their services is in line with best practices, especially in terms of hygiene. You should therefore, check to ensure that the nail salon has a license displayed where they can easily be seen. In the absence of none, it might be an indication that they are not licensed, which will further imply that your hygiene is not guaranteed at such a salon. You should only allow your nails to be repaired at a salon that has a license as it is one of your best proof of knowing about their competence and level of hygiene.
Overall cleanliness of the salon
Another thing to look out for is how clean the salon is looking. This will also give you a reliable pointer of what level of hygiene you should expect during your treatment. It is possible to manually scan for how clean the salon is, based on how clean the floor is, if there is any grime or debris inside the salon, if there are dirty linens, if the manicure equipment look rusty as well as the overall look of the immediate surroundings of the salon. You should also watch out for how properly the staffs of the salon are dressed and how clean they are looking. Based on these pointers, you can make your conclusion on the hygiene of the salon and know if you will be willing to have your nails done in the salon or not.
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Sterilized equipment
With a lot of diseases that can be easily communicated, including those with no known cure at the moment, it is best to ensure that the salon only uses sterilized equipment. If you are a regular visitor to nail salons, it might be best to get your own set of nail fixing and repairing equipment, so that only your equipment are used for you. For instances where they have to use some special tools which you do not have, you might want to check to make sure that the equipment are properly sterilized. This also goes to those who do not have any of their own equipment. There might also be instances, where despite having the equipment, you might not have the chance to go pick them up due to lack of time, should you decide to branch straight from work or if you forgot them at home. It is important to be watchful and be sure that their equipment are always soaked with germicidal solution or that they use autoclave as advised by the international pedicure association. The autoclave is an equipment that uses heat to destroy germs. Nail implement that are porous like emery boards should also be disposed of after use, to prevent a case of bacteria spreading amongst customers.
Be sure that they do not engage in harmful practices
There are some pedicure services that could be harmful to customers, when they are carried out. Nail repair salons are expected to know this and are generally not allowed to engage in them. Engaging in such practices are discouraged in salons with license. An example of such practices is cutting of the cuticles. In line with standard hygiene practice, this service is discouraged as it helps to avoid finger nail infection. This is considering the fact that the cuticle is responsible for protecting the nail bed from being infected with dirt and bacteria. Hence, when the cuticle is clipped, dirt and bacteria will be able to affect the nail bed.
Having the right tools
There are several types of services and activities that can be carried out on the nails, with most of them, having special tools that are best for such services. A nail salon must be able to invest in all of these tools and ensure that they have every tool for every service they claim to offer. For tools that can be used over and over again, they must have the right tools to clean and sterilize those. For tools that should only be used for one customer once and disposed afterwards, it is important for them to have several copies of such tools, so that they are not tempted to reuse an old one, in the event that they run out of the tool and a customer comes in to ask for the service. The nail repair salon will have to make a tight decision of either trying to clean up and reuse a tool that should have been disposed or losing the money for that service and probably the customer. Considering that no business person will want to lose a customer like that, it will be best to just make sure they have everything they need and ensure they always restock before they run out of tools that must be disposed.
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