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Kor J Aesthet Cosmetol > Volume 7(2); 2009 > Article
Kor J Aesthet Cosmetol 2009;7(2): 63-77.
네일보강제가 네일시술로 인해 손상된 손톱에 미치는 영향
이은영, 차월석, 신현재
Effect of Nail Guard on the Nail Damaged by Nail Art Procedure
EunYoung Lee, Wol-Suk Cha, Hyun-Jae Shin
ABSTRACT
Over the last hundred years, the nails have become more important for cosmetic reasons and less important for health concerns. Nails are continuously damaged and injured during our life time. Recently artificial nail art procedures can give severe damage to the natural nail. Thus, nail guard (also called nail strengthener/hardener) should be used to protect the nail from any artificial nail treatments. Nine adults women were selected as study models, their nails were damaged on purpose and then grouped into Group A and Group B. Experiments were carried out to study the effect of nail guards products on the surface and cut section of the damaged nail. Three cosmetical nail guards were selected considering the price, ease of operation and popularity. The group members applied the nail guard everyday to the damaged nail for two weeks. The morphological changes of nail surface and a cutting plane were monitored using scanning electronmicroscope(SEM). In addition to that, 43 questionnaires were examined to 100 women experienced artificial treatment or operation. An incentive to visit the nail shop, considerations including the number of visit and attitude in the nail shop and so many points of view on the nail art and nail shop business have been surveyed. In summary, many side effects of nail art treatment have been confirmed by the morphological change and questionnaire survey. The damaged portion of the upper part is more severe than that of the lower part of nails. Lamella structure of the damaged nail showed the serious crack. The nail guards products gave a temporal strengthening effect to the damaged nails. Among the ingredients of the nail guards products, the protein and moisturizing components are considered to be participated in the hardening of the nail. Many nail treatment customers didn't know the bad effect of artificial nail on the health of natural nail. These data could be used in the further study of nail guards research.
Key words: Nail, Nail guard, Artificial Nail, Strengthening Effect, Surface Analysis
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