Allergic to acetone

[sarah.cowburn@s]

Does anyone else react to acetone? My hands are a mess, even if I wrap nails in foil I still get tiny bits on my own hands and have a horrible reaction!
Is anyone using anything else to get shellac off? I’m currently using

 

[AcidPerm]

How do you know it’s definitely acetone that you’re allergic to? Could it be undercured gel polish that you’re fingers are coming into contact with, when it’s removed?

 

[user 25446]

http://www.nailcarehq.com/allergic-to-pure-acetone/

 

[Subo]

Iv only been doing gel polish for 4 months. I can do a polish and everything is fine, if I do a soak of using acitone and wraps my nose starts pouring and my head gets loads of pressure and I feel like crap the next day. not sure why I get like this. I really don't want to have to give it up.

 

[NZNailz]

I think Bob Sweden's article above sums it up perfectly for you.... It's not the acetone. It's the exposure to uncured product.

 

[NailtechJoe]

Does anyone else react to acetone? My hands are a mess, even if I wrap nails in foil I still get tiny bits on my own hands and have a horrible reaction!
Is anyone using anything else to get shellac off? I’m currently using

I included an extra bit of info by Schoon on a sticky already available on why an old lamp will never do. Acetone is a safe product to use, what most probably has happened to you is that you had uncured monomer within the gel interface layer and by removing it, has made contact with the skin. Repeated exposure over a period of time will cause an allergy.
Uncured monomer happens when you applied layers too thickly (they appear wrinkly), incorrect timings or you used an incorrect lamp not guaranteeing a full cure. Gel polymerizes to a hardened state at around 50% and a full cure requires around 90% of the monomers to polymerize. This is mainly the reason why there is no such thing as a universal lamp. Always get the recommended lamp as directed by the manufacturer.

 

[user 25446]

Acetone is produced by the human body, therefore the immune system cannot react to this and you become allergic. Most likely is under cured gel being dissolved and creating the reaction.

 

[NailtechJoe]

Acetone is produced by the human body.

In very small quantities.

 

[sarah.cowburn@s]

thanks so much, this makes a lot of sense!!