Nails contraindications and contractions Connect activity On the

Nails contraindications and contractions

Connect activity • On the wipe board write word associated with manicures • Example buffer

Aims and outcomes • Introduce the learner to contraindication and contraction to the nail service. • Outcome for learners to be able to identify contraindications and contractions • Produce a poster on contraindications and contra- actions

Basic nail service • • A basic nail service includes: Consultation Nail polish removal File Buff Hand moisturise with massage Nail polish application

Contraindications to nail service • Certain nail, hand skin conditions prevent or restrict a therapist from performing the nail service. • These are known as ‘contraindications’. • If, when looking at a client’s hands before a nail service, if it appears that there is one of these conditions, then the nail service cannot go ahead. • The client will need to be referred tactfully to the relevant person in the salon for confirmation that the treatment can go ahead (or not).

Contraindications that prevent nail services • Impetigo Warts • Scabies or itch mites • Tinea corporis (body ringworm)

Contrindications that prevents the nail services • Tinea unguium (nail ringworm) • Broken bones • Severe nail separation (onycholysis)

Contraindications that prevent nail services • Paronychia • Cuts or abrasions of the hands • Severe eczema of the nail • Severe psoriasis of the nail

Nail/skin conditions that might restrict nail services • Onychorrhexis • • Non-severe skin eczema • Non-severe skin psoriasis •

Nail/skin conditions that might restrict nail services • Bruised nail Onychophagy (bitten nails) • Pterygium • Ridges in the nail plate • Hangnail Leuconychi

Task • You are going to research one contraindication or contraction and produce a table Name of the Cause contraindicati on/contra action Appearance Treatment

Task • You are going to research one contraindication or contraction • Work in pairs or individual or a small group • Produce a poster with 3 d images using materials provided • • Need the name of the contraindication or the contraction What the causes is? The appearance Treatment • You can use your mobile phones to access information • Books provided • Level 1 or level 2 beauty depends on how in depth you would like your poster to be.

Extension task • How do we sterilise or disinfect the following? • • Orange stick? Buffer? Hand of foot bowl? Emery board? Spatula? Scissors? Workstation surface?

Recall and Review • On the wipe board write down three key words you have learned • Or three things you have learned