Can Pregnant Women Get Acrylic Nails

Where I live I dont see many women get acrylic anymore.

Can pregnant women get acrylic nails. Can I go to a nail salon get gel nails or use nail polish when pregnant. 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. The other problem is their removal.

Women take pride in their long beautiful nails dont you ladies. After 10 to 20 minutes. You can get acrylic nails during pregnancy.

In fact they encourage women to go for a. If youre regularly applying acrylic nails youre likely to breathe in a lot of the fumes. While the small amount of acetone used to remove the common nail polish seems to be harmless this.

Methacrylate is a chemical in acrylic nails. It seems like gel is taking over s. All of the chemicals involved in the acrylic nail application process have not been studied for safety in pregnant women.

In addition the UV lights used to dry the nails have been linked to skin cancer. Avoid solvent-based products like those with toluene which is found in some polishes acrylic nails and polish removers. You probably dont want baby exposed to all that.

Check labels and skip. Julie Lamppa certified nurse-midwife. Yes but there are a few things to bear in mind.