Acyrlic nails Warning!

This is a pretty standard warning for anything like waxing, any facial treatments, nails, massages, etc. Anything where things are reused. It's always a good idea to make sure they have licenses & to read reviews before trying any place.

Omg the chance of this happening even with dirty equipment is like 1 in a billion.

Oh my goodness, that's awful! That's why it's so important to be picky about who's doing your nails

So could HIV transmission happen in nail salons stateside? “It’s possible. Any sharp instrument could theoretically carry this risk,” said Dr. Ronald Hershow, an infectious disease expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, who has studied HIV in women. In fact, according to the study authors of the infected woman’s case analysis, tattooing, acupuncture, and piercings are recognized as potential modes of transmission.

For manicures, “they use metal instruments and files, and there might be blood or blood-derived body fluids, like the oozy material that comes out of a skin lesion. If you’re filing a cuticle and get a little blood on the file, then use it on a person, there would be some risk, yes,” Hershow told Yahoo Health.

However, that risk is probably “negligible,” he said, based on data about HIV transmission through needles and scalpels in health-care settings. If a nurse accidentally sticks herself with a needle used to draw blood from an HIV-infected patient, “the risk [of transmission] is not that high — one in 300,” Hershow said. “Scalpel injuries are thought to have an even lower risk.” In other words, even if your nail tech is using dirty tools, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll walk out with an infection, however disgusting the thought is.

HIV From Manicure What You should know