I felt like this would be the place to post to, so...
today the lady comes and wants her toe extended, because "it's small, unattractive and growing all wrong" because car run over her foot, ouch.
She took of her shoe and the nail is small, all in fungus, growing upward from the nailbed and thick. It's only to the half of the nailbed, and nailbed looks kinda raw, and has like a hollow, iykwim. And she says - stick something to it, I stick (diy nails) all the time with superglue
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I said - that's fungus. No it's not, says she and then convinces me enlisting all the fungus symptoms. Ok. If I 'stick something to it', there will be a hollow beneath the extention, and it will collect dirt and moist and you wont be able to get it out, said I. But I wash my feet! says she. Ok, thought I, I might 'stick something', but with fungus present, no.
To make the story short, I refused to do it. It doesn't feel right, it doesn't look right. She says thanks and goes out with her ears steaming.
I'm not questioning my decision. If I did something, that would be, in my oppinion, wrong to her nail's health. And if there was a way to do it safely, I think it's better to not do it if not sure, than do it and have her in bad dreams (or reputation, for that matter) afterwards.
What I was wondering was - the thin line between "I will" and "I won't" respect client whishes, in cases where quality, safety and health are compromised.
I know there's no such thing as universal recipe for that, or if there is at least a "little pill" for easing ones mind, please share :green: and there's always an option for me to put this into blog section :green:
