Asian J Beauty Cosmetol. 2013; 11(6): 1091-1098.
Study on Health Problems Experienced among Nail Care Professionals
ABSTRACT
This survey research that assessed heath problem Experienced among nail care professionals . The result of study shows that first, experience of headache (94.2%), dizziness (91.7%), nausea (79.3%), nasal congestion (94.2%), difficulty in breathing (52.1%), eye irritation (100.0%), drowsiness (90.9%), disagreeability (75.2%), helplessness (84.3%), loss of appetite (64.5%), irregular menstruation (71.1%), concentration impairment (75.2%), memory impairment (70.2%), sleep disorder (78.5%), dry skin (90.1%), allergic symptoms (76.9%), and nail abnormality (63.6%). Second, the experience of menstrual irregularity and stress depending on job characteristics was reported to be high among the subjects with high job position. Third, 85.1% of the subjects reported not having a regular health examination. Despite the negative effect caused by harmful chemical substances in the nail care service, those working in this industry do not accept such substances as very harmful substances without practicing any act to prevent related diseases. Such tendency seems to have originated from their failure of taking proper action when experiencing subjective symptoms as they understand those symptoms as temporary. Not only for those working in the nail care industry but also for beauty care professionals who deal with a large amount of chemical substances, a regular health examination as well as special health examination that assesses accumulation of chemical substances should be provided for consistent health management among the nail care professionals.
Keywords :
Nail Care, Health problems, Stress, Menstrual irregularity
