All women, and even male representatives, are also concerned about the question: “Is it possible to get hepatitis during a manicure?”. Unfortunately, it is possible to get a hepatitis virus or another dangerous infectious disease, while infection during a manicure is not uncommon. Even an experienced specialist with nail scissors can injure a client’s finger or nail to the blood and introduce the virus that is on the tool. Therefore, every person visiting salons needs to know how to protect their body from infection with HCV and other serious infections.
Hepatitis is a common infectious disease of the liver, which can be contracted through injured mucous membranes or skin. Microorganisms that cause hepatitis are found on medical instruments, needles and droppers, bedding and items used in beauty salons.
Virus molecules are insensitive to temperature and chemical effects, do not die in the external environment, so they can stay on medical and manicure instruments for several months.
Hepatitis is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person through body fluids:
- semen;
- blood and plasma;
- tears and sweat;
- saliva
- milk (mother's);
- urine;
- bile.
But there is a high probability of infection with the virus through blood, semen or saliva, since in other biological fluids the concentration of hepadnaviruses and flaviviruses that cause the disease is minimal. There is an increased risk of getting hepatitis during a blood transfusion if sterility is not observed or the donor's blood is not tested for infection.
The disease is also transmitted through unprotected intercourse, piercing and tattooing, as well as through personal hygiene products used in conjunction with the carrier of the infection.
Doing a manicure at the master, even in a very expensive prestigious salon, one cannot be one hundred percent sure that infection with various subtypes of the virus is impossible there.
If a beauty industry institution values its reputation and carefully takes care of its customers, then sanitary and hygienic standards are unlikely to be violated in it. But, despite this, there is also the conscientiousness of the master: not all specialists take their work seriously, therefore they do not conduct a thorough heat treatment of the items used in the procedure.
It must be understood that infection, especially hepatitis viruses of subtypes A and B, can exist in the external environment for up to 60-90 days. Even a small drop of the patient's blood, invisible to the naked eye, is dangerous to others.
Hepadnaviruses are so insensitive to external influences that standard processing of manicure tools does not kill them. The infection exists outside a living organism for up to three months and is transmitted to a healthy person at the first contact.
Microorganisms die only if sanitary and epidemiological measures are fully observed. In addition to the fact that it is necessary to carefully process nail scissors and other tools of the master, an employee of a beauty salon must treat his workplace with a special disinfectant solution.
In order for beauty procedures to bring only positive emotions, it is necessary to follow certain rules and make sure that the salon master observes them.
In order not to get the hepatitis virus during a manicure (pedicure), you must adhere to the following recommendations:
- It is desirable to process nails not in the first salon that came across on the way, but to contact a private, proven master. Before starting work, the specialist must disinfect his workplace and manicure tools.
- The process of processing scissors, nail files and other tools should take place before your eyes. Even if the specialist assures you that he has already prepared everything in advance, do not agree to start the procedure. Ask the master to process all the tools again. Remember that any tools in specialized equipment are processed at temperatures above 200 0 C, and the processing process must last at least forty minutes. When they are removed from the sterilizer, they should be hot.
- Do not confuse disinfection with sterilization. These two processing processes do not have a connection with each other. But before disinfection, the instruments must be thoroughly sterilized.
- Medical specialists even advise patients to go to the procedures with their own manicure set purchased for personal use.
- Pay special attention to the nail file: there are no traces of dried blood or any suspicious stains on it. After all, you cannot know for sure that a previous client does not have hepatitis or another contagious disease. If the specialist does not respond to your requirements and is in no hurry to disinfect the instruments, do not agree to do a manicure with him.
- Analyze how a beauty salon specialist behaves. If, before starting the procedure, he did not treat his and your hands with a disinfectant liquid, then feel free to leave this place. It is impossible to trust a person who is negligent in his work.
- To be safe, it is better to bring varnish with you. There is a small chance that during a previous manicure procedure, a drop of blood containing the herpes virus fell on the nail polish brush. If this happens, the entire composition in the vial is potentially dangerous to others.
- Do not do a trimmed manicure, which is still practiced in some salons. In developed countries, this procedure has been banned for several years.
- Make sure that the specialist, after completing the manicure, sterilizes the tools in an autoclave or oven. The hepatitis B virus dies only under the influence of high temperatures, other methods of disinfection do not work on it.
Medical experts advise considering that each client of a manicure parlor can be a potential carrier of infection, so disinfection standards must be taken very seriously. Moreover, not only your master, but also you yourself should remember about observing the rules described above.
Tool processing
Not only an employee working in this industry, but also any woman should know how to disinfect scissors, nail files, tweezers and other items necessary for work. Armed with the necessary knowledge, the client will be able to follow the processing process and determine for himself how safe the work of the master is and whether it is possible to do procedures with him.
I would like to note that many employees of the manicure parlor simply spray the tools with an alcohol solution in front of the client. This completes the disinfection. Special equipment and means for processing is an expensive pleasure, and in order to save money, the master neglects sanitary and hygienic rules. In addition, not every visitor is familiar with these rules, and, therefore, according to unscrupulous employees, they can be neglected.
But a good specialist must be aware that he is responsible for the health of his clients. Disinfection of instruments that meets all the rules must be carried out without fail.
According to medical statistics, about eighty percent of all infections are on dirty hands. Therefore, a specialist doing a manicure should disinfect them first of all (and not only his own, but also the client). It is recommended to apply an antiseptic to dry hands, which will destroy pathogenic microbes and microorganisms. It is recommended to rub the antiseptic thoroughly over the skin of the hands and wait for it to dry completely, if necessary, the procedure must be repeated. In this case, rings, rings and other jewelry should be removed from the fingers in advance.
Instrument disinfection
There is a high probability of infection with hepatitis during manicure. Therefore, the specialist, after giving the client a manicure, must disinfect all the instruments on the table.
To disinfect items, the specialist will need to prepare a solution: an employee of the salon must pour a special disinfectant concentrate into the container for processing tools, and then dilute it with liquid. Manicure accessories are placed in a container, and all parts must be opened or disassembled. To prevent rusting of scissors and other metal objects, it should include an anti-corrosion additive.
Not every employee of a beauty salon knows that during a hardware manicure, he can infect a client with hepatitis. Without thinking about the consequences, unscrupulous craftsmen neglect the basic rules of processing. The consequences can be dire.
After the items used in manicure, pedicure and nail extension are disinfected, they must be sterilized. To perform the procedure, manicure accessories are placed in a kraft bag in which they are placed in an autoclave or oven. Items are sterilized dry. Processing takes place under the influence of heat (temperature about 200 0 C). When the process is over, it is not recommended to immediately take out the items, you must wait for them to cool completely.
You can remove them from the kraft bag using special tweezers. The working surface, near which the instruments are sterilized, is disinfected with an alcohol solution.
Recently, many manicure specialists use ball sterilizers in their work. But representatives of the SES argue that such devices are not effective and do not kill the herpes virus and other pathogens.
It is also necessary to pay attention to whether the manicure specialist cleaned all work surfaces from dirt and dust before starting the procedure. It is important that his workplace was in order.
It is unlikely that a nondescript beauty salon or a manicure room located at a hairdressing salon has all the necessary equipment for the complete sterilization of instruments. But do not neglect your health, because the disease is better to prevent than to treat it for many years. To avoid even a small chance of infection, it is recommended to bring personal tools for individual use to the master.
Also remember that the incubation period for hepatitis is quite long. Even if the first test gave a negative result, this does not mean that there is no viral agent in the body. For a 100% guarantee of the absence of infection, the analysis is recommended to be retaken after 90 days.
Every girl and woman dreams of well-groomed hands and, accordingly, beautiful nails, but not everyone dares to turn to professionals for help, preferring to save on their own presentability. But manicure at home or by unverified masters is a truly dangerous process, and unfortunate consequences will be eliminated in doctors' offices for a long time or, in the worst case, will become irreversible and lead to big health problems.
Among the troubles that can be "caught" with a poor-quality manicure session are various fungal diseases, herpes, hepatitis, and even HIV. All this is possible due to insufficient or incorrect sterilization of instruments. And these are by no means tales that they are simply trying to intimidate: there have been many cases of infection with the above during a procedure that is designed to make your nails admirable.
Far from all ladies (with the help of a home set of tools) and salons are able to carry out a manicure that is harmless to health, since this requires a number of conditions: a certified master, the proper organization of his workplace, as well as special disinfection of the room and sterilization of instruments.
“Many people don’t do it themselves, and also don’t go for manicures and pedicures because they are afraid of contracting some viral diseases: HIV, hepatitis, various fungal infections,” shares Asya Gatilova, master of the Clinic of Aesthetic Medicine "Irina". - You can pick them up only when either the tools are not processed at all, or it is done very poorly. For example, we wipe nail files with Kutasept, wash our hands with liquid soap and a disinfectant solution.
As told Asya Gatilova, in the manicure and pedicure rooms of the Irina Clinic, the important processing of iron tools takes place in several stages. First, they are soaked in a special disinfectant solution for 15 minutes, then a test for occult blood is done, then they are washed with running water, and finally placed in a bag and sent to a sterilizer - a dry-heat cabinet - where they are processed for an hour at a temperature of 160 degrees. Tags are glued to the bag in which the instruments are placed during cleaning; when they change color, it means that sterilization is completed.
- We have a special journal, and after each disinfection, I hand over five tags to the administrator who maintains documentation (how many clients there were and how many instruments were sterilized). Work surfaces (table and pedicure chair) are treated with disinfectant wipes: they are wiped after each client. The room is cleaned with an ultraviolet lamp: we turn it on an hour before working hours, after work and (if necessary) during the day. In general, all disinfection is carried out according to the rules of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service - exactly as it should be, - says the master. Asya Gatilova.
Also, in the Irina Clinic of Aesthetic Medicine, clients who are especially concerned about their health are offered to purchase individual sets (manicure and pedicure tools, disposable caps, nozzles, individual nail files, an orange cuticle stick and tweezers) for 1,000 rubles, which are stored directly in the clinic.
– This kit is used only by the person who purchased it, and disinfection is carried out right in front of the client. If a girl does an unedged manicure, then we model these sets and select them individually for each. Other clients who trust the master order a manicure with our tools, which are also very thoroughly washed and processed in a dry-heat cabinet to several degrees in special sterile bags that are stored for a month. If desired, the client can purchase individual nail files, which are always in stock, and not the whole set. And, of course, after a pedicure, we give out disposable slippers and spacers, which eliminates the possibility of fungal infections, - noted Asya Gatilova.
By the way, in the Irina clinic, experienced specialists treat even neglected cases of improperly done manicure and pedicure: for this, the clinic has modern devices and tools that can easily and painlessly cope with shortcomings.
– Our cosmetologists are able to rid the client of the fungus. First, a person comes to me for a preliminary consultation, I look and refer him to another specialist. Of course, we do various tests and only then proceed to therapy. In three procedures, we can cure fungal infections with a laser exclusive to Kemerovo, in which a special thermometer measures the temperature of the nail, and the laser beam acts on the damaged area for about five minutes. We also treat ingrown nails. We have special plates that are attached to the top layer and straighten the nail, after which it does not go deep into the skin. This procedure is almost unique and painless.
I would also like to add that at home there may be dangers and such that a person does not know how to do a manicure. He begins to trim the cuticle and damages the very thin nail plate near the growth zone. That is, at the slightest strong pressure, tuberosity of the nails is formed, and this can lead to their loss. And if you hurt the cuticle with an independent manicure, then it’s not far from the panaritium. Many clients come to us with such a problem, - said the master Asya Gatilova.
In the Clinic of Aesthetic Medicine "Irina" Kemerovo residents and guests of the city can do a classic, Japanese (therapeutic), Brazilian, hardware manicure, manicure with a long-term shellac coating, SPA manicure and pedicure, after which the skin becomes soft and smooth, as well as nail extension with using modern and harmless gels, and according to all generally accepted standards and without harm to your health. Hoping for luck when it comes to the quality of your life is not worth it: contracting HIV, hepatitis or fungal infections during a seemingly harmless process is easier than you might imagine.
Show tagsManicure HIV transmission: true or false? If you believe the practice, this slowly progressing ailment can affect the human body even at the time of the traditional cosmetic procedure. The likelihood of HIV infection during manicure should be remembered by everyone who does not want to get sick with an unfortunate illness.
An HIV icon that reminds you that contact with another person can cause you to get the disease
To find out whether it is possible to completely eliminate the chance of contracting a virus in a nail salon, it is worth saying a few words about the nature of the disease. Virus particles are in the liquid environment of the body. We are talking about saliva, blood, urine, tears, semen, vaginal discharge.
You can become infected with AIDS if the following conditions are met:
- the possibility of penetration of the virus into the internal environment of the patient's body;
- contact of the biological material of a healthy person with an infected fluid (the most favorable environment with a high concentration of the virus is blood);
- lack of environmental impact on viral particles (outside the body, HIV dies within 30 minutes);
- exclusion of temperature conditions over 60 degrees (the virus is not sensitive to low temperatures)
Analyzing the above facts, it can be argued that there is certainly a risk of “acquiring” HIV in a manicure parlor. After all, it is in the process of processing nails that damage to the skin cannot be ruled out. What is the probability of this, it is impossible to say. The risk of infection increases if the master worked without gloves, and there were cuts on the hands of the specialist.
Master's office and workplace
Cleanliness and sterility, the basic principles for organizing a beauty treatment room The first thing that should be touched upon within the framework of the topic is the choice of the place for the procedure. Today the client can do a manicure:
- at the home of the master;
- in the nail bar;
- in a beauty salon.
The first two options are less secure. Professionals working at home are often newbies, therefore they have little experience in observing sanitary and hygienic standards in the process of work. The master does not always have a separate workplace and other individual material (disposable napkins, gloves, bathrobe, manicure accessories, etc.).
In the second case, the issue of providing the necessary equipment is not as critical as the place and pace of work. Typically, these points are located in crowded places. The client is given an express manicure with a limited time resource - the risk of infection increases significantly due to the relative observance of sanitary and hygienic standards.
Therefore, it is better to stop your choice on the third option - a beauty salon. It is impossible to exclude the chance of "acquiring" an infection in this place. However, it is obviously minimal.
How should the mandatory processing of manicure instruments in the salon take place?
How likely is it to get a virus through a manicure? Of course, through manicure tools. That is why among the paramount requirements for manicure masters is the regular disinfection of the working tool.
Disinfection and sterilization of manicure and pedicure instruments
We are talking about a rather lengthy process: the disinfection treatment of manicure instruments lasts at least 4 hours. It is this fact that explains the need for the master to have several working sets: one of them can be processed right during the next manicure.
It is impossible to imagine a modern manicure without special tools and devices, but the issue of sterilization comes first Let's go through the steps of the process.
The first stage of processing: disinfection of instruments
The procedure requires a special container made of plastic that is not exposed to chemicals, which will destroy the probable immunodeficiency virus on the instruments.
- pour 500 ml of water into the container;
- add 5 ml of a disinfectant solution to the filled box (manicure accessories are usually treated with Septolit-Tetra);
- the working material is lowered into the solution with water and left for 5 minutes.
However, in order not to become infected with HIV, this is not enough - the first stage is followed by the second.
The second stage of processing: sterilization of instruments
Immediately before this stage, mechanical cleaning of the tools should be carried out: they just need to be washed under running water using a brush.
Only now you can proceed to sterilization - the final process of destroying microbes. For these purposes, various sterilizers are applicable, differing in the method of influencing the material, the duration of work.
Attention! At the end of the manipulation, clean instruments are stored in a sterile environment, for example, bags or containers that are opened immediately before the manicure in the presence of the client.
How to protect yourself from infection?
To avoid infection, the client and the master must adhere to the following rules:
- Before starting work, the master disinfects his hands and the hands of the client.
- The specialist works only in gloves.
- The master removes the tools from a sterile bag or box in the presence of the client. If this has not been done, the customer may request that the accessories be reprocessed.
- The cuticle is pushed back only with a disposable stick.
- After each client, the master processes all the tools used.
- If there are brown spots, chips or scratches on the accessories, do not use the tools.
- To exclude the possibility of infection, the client can agree on the use of an individual manicure set.
Attention! In case of skin damage, the specialist must disinfect the wound using the contents of the first aid kit.
Another aspect is of interest to visitors to manicure rooms: what diseases can be contracted during manicure, except for HIV?
What other diseases are dangerous manicure?
Some people on a manicure cannot even imagine how important it is to make sure that sanitary and hygienic standards are observed correctly during the procedure. The list of diseases that can be contracted in the master's office is not limited to HIV. There are no official statistics on cases of client infection, however, based on the above facts, we can assume that this conclusion is true.
In addition to AIDS, during a manicure, infection is not excluded:
- nail fungus;
- herpes;
- hepatitis B;
- hepatitis C.
As you can see, we are talking about quite serious ailments that can overtake beauty lovers. Therefore, it makes sense to touch on the topic of hepatitis in more detail.
Hepatitis
Hepatitis is a serious disease that poses a real threat to human health. Until recently, hepatitis C could only be contracted through a blood transfusion or surgery. Today, the risk of infection with the virus extends to customers of nail salons.
Hepatitis B can be “acquired” not only through contact with the blood of an infected person, but also in the case of a small scratch on the skin. There are not isolated cases when a specialist who did not process work accessories acted as an intermediary between the virus and the client. This ailment rapidly affects the liver and, in the absence of proper therapy, can cause the death of the patient.
Balanced Approach
Drawing a conclusion regarding the above information, we can conclude that you can protect yourself from HIV and other diseases only by taking care of your own health prematurely.
Lacquer application, the safest procedure for manicure and pedicure It is obvious that infection with a virus during a manicure is considered by many to be absurd phenomena simply because there are no registered cases of HIV infection in this way. However, despite this fact, the rules for compliance with sanitary and hygienic standards in manicure rooms should always be among the paramount ones for execution.
Surely every woman at least once in her life did manicure. Maybe she just removed the cuticles at home and applied varnish, or maybe even visited a manicurist. You need to take care of your nails, this is an indisputable fact, but what if you cannot put your nails in order on your own? Perhaps you don’t have the necessary range of varnishes, you don’t know how to remove the cuticle, or you simply can’t find the perfect tool to strengthen the nail plate.
It doesn't matter what exactly confuses you, it is important that you find that masters who can do what you want. But in addition to the professionalism of a particular manicurist, it is important to pay attention to how he sterilizes the tools. Unfortunately, in many beauty salons, conditions are far from sterile, and this is very important for nail treatment. There are a large number of infections that are transmitted from one client to another through manicure tools. Each tweezers, file or scissors must be carefully processed, carefully killing all possible bacteria. In fact, in order for infection to occur, pathogens and weak immunity are needed, so no one is immune from various diseases.
What infections are dangerous for girls and women who prefer to do manicures in a beauty salon?
1. Hepatitis C after manicure. Relatively recently, this disease was dangerous only if you do a blood transfusion or surgery. Also, clients of dental clinics, where hygiene rules are not always clearly observed, fell into the category of potentially infected. Today, the risk of contracting hepatitis C extends to clients of beauty salons who like to tidy up their nails. If you want to avoid such a nuisance, then first ask the master about how he processes the tools or switch to home care.
A manicure done in a salon is often much better and more beautiful. It is very difficult for many to make the perfect nail art on their own, so women often spend time in a manicure parlor. But the most cautious girls are wondering if it is possible to get HIV during a manicure or “pick up” other infections?
This is a well-founded fear, given that the manicure accessories that are used in the salon cannot be called personal hygiene items. You cannot be 100% sure that the person who did the manicure before you is not infected with HIV or hepatitis. But how big are the risks? Let's try to understand how these infections are transmitted and think about how to protect yourself from them.
AIDS virus
HIV causes one of the most terrible diseases of our time, but given the absence of general epidemics, we can conclude that it is not so easy to get AIDS. Is there a possibility of infection through tools when you get a manicure in a salon?
It is possible to become infected with this virus, provided that not only the source and the susceptible object are present, but also some factors that facilitate transmission. The virus is transmitted in limited ways: sexually, through blood, with breast milk. But you can get AIDS only if HIV penetrates into the internal environment of the body.
For example, the use of non-sterile piercing and cutting objects can provoke transmission. That is, if the master performs a manicure with tools that have not gone through proper processing, and you have abrasions on your hands, then there is a minimal risk of contracting AIDS.
Hepatitis
It is much easier to become infected with hepatitis than to become a carrier of HIV infection. This disease is characterized by an abundance of forms, but the greatest danger is represented by viruses of type B and C. These two forms are transmitted to humans mainly through contaminated blood during transfusion, using non-sterile instruments. In modern society, hepatitis is a fairly common disease.
If both of these diseases are transmitted through the blood, then how to explain the fact that HIV is less common? This is due to the fact that the causative agent of hepatitis feels great in the environment, maintaining its activity for a long time. A detailed examination can detect virus antigens on manicure and dental instruments, bedding. If the tools have not been properly processed, the master’s workplace has not been disinfected, and you have microscopic skin lesions on your hands, then the possibility of infection cannot be ruled out.
What other diseases are dangerous manicure?
AIDS and hepatitis are the two most dangerous diseases that you can get as a result of the negligence and inaccuracy of the master. But there are still some diseases that can be contracted by performing a manicure in the salon.
- Fungal diseases. This is a nuisance that is quite common in everyday life. The fungus can wait for you in any public place: transport, swimming pool, beauty salon. For its transmission does not need contact with the damaged surface of the skin and blood. It is enough to treat the nail with an infected tool, and under favorable conditions for the fungus, it will soon make itself felt. You can notice the fungus by changing the color of the nails, worsening their condition, the appearance of itching and an unpleasant odor.
- Herpes is also a very common disease. Many people are carriers of the virus, but not everyone has it. One microscopic scratch and a non-sterile instrument is enough for the virus to enter your body. He can wait for a long time, without betraying his presence in any way, so it is sometimes impossible to understand that you got him in a nail salon.
These two diseases do not pose a serious danger to a person, they are quite easily treated with modern drugs, but, nevertheless, are associated with unpleasant sensations. Therefore, be sure to carefully observe the rules of personal hygiene and carefully choose the salon in which you are going to do a manicure.
How to protect yourself from infections?
If, despite your fears, you cannot deny yourself a salon manicure, then you should pay maximum attention to choosing a master. How to reduce the risk of infection? There are several important rules.
- Contact proven salons that enjoy a good reputation. Pay attention to its appearance - is it clean in it, is there a first-aid kit on the table of a specialist.
- Even if the salon has a quality sterilizer, make sure that the master has several sets of tools for the job. Complete sterilization takes a lot of time - at least four hours. Alternatively, you can carry a personal manicure set with you.
- If you have visited a particular nail salon for the first time, then do not be shy to ask questions. Ask to see how instruments are sterilized. If the master assures you that alcohol treatment is enough, then you should not use his services. Unfortunately, such “unfortunate specialists” are still found.
- The greatest danger is the classic manicure, so it is better to give preference to cuticle softeners and the unedged method. Still, European manicure is not just a recognized standard in most civilized countries.
Let's summarize. There is a negligible probability of contracting the most unpleasant and dangerous diseases in a nail salon, but it can be reduced to zero if you follow the elementary rules! Therefore, carefully choose a salon, masters and be sure to watch the final video. In her video, charming Julia will tell you about important security measures, based on her many years of experience.
