“THESE ADVANCED PROGRAMS ARE ONLY FOR LICENSED NAIL TECHNICIANS AND COSMETOLOGISTS IN THE USA”
“IN OTHER COUNTRIES YOU MUST MEET YOUR NAIL TECHNICIAN REGULATIONS”
“THESE ADVANCED PROGRAMS ARE ONLY FOR LICENSED NAIL TECHNICIANS AND COSMETOLOGISTS IN THE USA”
“IN OTHER COUNTRIES YOU MUST MEET YOUR NAIL TECHNICIAN REGULATIONS”
Many clients search for salons that
perform soakless pedicures because they feel safer with this protocol. However,
some clients resist giving up the soak. Uninformed clients may prefer the
whirlpool soak because of the bubbling of the water and previously perceived
superior relaxation. If clients are resistant to the change to soakless,
education is the key to their changeover. Following are the education points
waterless technicians use:
1. Most podiatrists/physicians say
there is to be no soaking for clients that have any type of lymphedemas,
circulatory problems, or chronic illnesses, such as PAD. Most podiatrists will
also say that insulin-dependent diabetics should not be soaked, nor should
patients with immune-suppression illnesses.
2. At-risk clients, due to their
chronic illnesses heal slowly or do not heal at all in the case of infection or
injury. There must be no chance of injury or exposure to water-borne infections
for these clients. If they do become infected of have even a minor injury,
suffering is a definite, and amputation and even death may be the ultimate
result.
3. Chronically ill clients tend to
suffer dryness due to their illness and medications which makes them prone to callusing. This dryness is
exacerbated by soaking. Ulcers can develop on these clients beneath calluses
where they may become slow or no-healing ulcers that may be deadly for them,
especially for diabetics.
4. The secret to convincing routine
clients with no chronic illnesses to change to a soakless pedicure is education
(See Benefits of Soakless), mentioning there are three massages in the service
(the cleansing massage, the exfoliating massage, and the relaxation massage)
and suggesting they try the new protocol. Most are convinced after they ezperience
the new protocol.
What a nail professional does with
those few clients who continue to reject soakless is their decision. A
suggestion is they refer the client to a soaking pedicurist with a hug and an
"I will miss you so. You are welcome to come back any time" (emphasis
on the latter) and let them go. In the experience of the author, it takes two
to three visits to other salons before they return for the soakless protocol.
With these and the other changes in your protocols and salon, your
"differences" will set you above the salons they change to that soak
and they will be back.
Soakless seemed so very radical
when it was introduced, so it faced resistance not only from clients but from
nail technicians. Its time has come, however, through education of the nail
professionals and clients, as well as the approval of physicians and
podiatrists supporting soakless pedicures to become fully accepted as a norm.