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When applying nail enhancements (such as artificial nails or gels), good practice is to:

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Correct answer

Apply only to healthy nails and follow product and safety directions, ensuring proper ventilation

A Apply over infected or damaged nails
B Skip the consultation
C Apply only to healthy nails and follow product and safety directions, ensuring proper ventilation
D Ignore the manufacturer instructions

Why this is the answer

Nail enhancements (artificial tips, acrylics, gels, etc.) should be applied only to healthy nails — not over infected, damaged, or diseased nails — and the cosmetologist should follow the product's directions, work safely, and ensure proper ventilation, since some enhancement products have strong fumes and chemicals. Applying enhancements over an infection can trap and worsen it. Knowing to assess nail health first, follow directions, and maintain ventilation reflects the safety-and-scope mindset the exam reinforces for nail enhancement services.

Source: Skin & Nails — Enhancement Application

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About this topic: Nail Enhancements

Nail enhancement questions cover monomer-and-polymer (acrylic), UV gel and wrap systems — chemistry, application, maintenance and removal — and the ventilation and skin-contact precautions. This is one of 9 Skin & Nails questions on nail enhancements, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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