What is the importance of filing the free edge to complement the clients natural nail conditions?

The therapist should always ask the client

what they do for a living. This is so the therapist can file the

nail to what suits their lifestyle. If the client was a nurse then

they would probably have them more rounded and short than long and

pointed. The therapist would match the clients nails to the cuticle

of the nail to give them a natural shape if this is what the client

asks for. If the therapist was to file the nail pointed they could

advise the client that the nail could break more easily especially

if they are determined to keep them long and grow them.