Is It Okay To Get Acrylic Nails While Pregnant
Two of the ladies that work there are currently pregnant and have been pregnant previously while working and have had healthy babies.
Is it okay to get acrylic nails while pregnant. Shes chief educator for one of the leading acrylic nail products suppliers in the UK so knows what shes talking about. Hilda Hutcherson MD clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center says its best to hold off. They can include toluene formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate DBP.
That said nail polish and artificial nails are made up of chemical compounds but there just isnt much in the way of research or controlled studies assessing their safety during pregnancy. And those ladies work with acrylic and acetone all day long. I am wondering if it is safe to be pregnant and still working doing Nails.
However the small amount that is. The other issue is exposure to bacterial infections. The jurys still out on whether acrylic nails -- fake nails created by applying a chemical mixture called an epoxy over your natural nails or over a plastic tip glued to your nails -- are safe.
Yes pregnant women sometimes work in nail salons - that doesnt mean those chemicals are OK. The main risk with the use of acrylic nail and other salon products is from exposure to solvent fumes. I would never go to one of those nail bars like professioNails I cant even walk past one of those without feeling nauseous from the fumes.
Sometimes they wear masks occasionally. The main risk with the use of acrylic nail and other salon products is from exposure to solvent fumes. Still its unlikely that the risk of problems for you or your unborn baby.
This isnt pleasant whether you are pregnant or not. It is generally safe to get acrylic nails while pregnant. The small amount of paraffin that is expected to get absorbed into the skin is not expected to increase the chance of problems for your pregnancy or breastfed baby.