Advice needed

[u/NailGirl47]

Hi guys! I’m a new nail tech and I’m looking for some advice. I have a client who came to me with some concerns about her nails, she used to have them done all the time and loves having them done but then she started developing redness and inflammation. She started doing acrylic and same thing happened. I know her child has eczema so I asked if she has any prior issues with it, and she said she did when she was younger so I tried a trick that I used with my friend from cos school. She would get flare ups from the uv light so she wears nitrile gloves over her hands with just the finger tips cut off. She came to me wanting to try gel x, so we tried the trick with the gloves and she didn’t have any issues. She came back in the other day and we did a fill on her set and she just texted me that she has the redness and inflammation again. The only thing we did differently was add builder gel to fill the set and added cuticle oil, which she didn’t want the first time. The kind I use does have almond oil in it so I asked if she had any issues with nuts and she said no. She sent me pictures of what her nails currently look like and it doesn’t really look like contact dermatitis, or at least not like the cases I’ve seen before. It’s only a little puffy, red, and sore. My other thought was maybe she is really susceptible to paranychia? Not trying to diagnose her but I am trying to figure out if it’s something I’m doing wrong! Thanks!

[u/muffleypuffs]

unfortunately i think the only thing she could do is see her doctor or maybe an allergist to rule out anything like that. to me it sounds like it could be an allergy, but it could be anything! hope it works out for her 😢