I had nails on for my shoulder surgery and they put it on just fine and everything was reading normal
2026-04-12 05:20:40
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✨Linds✨ :
When I got acrylics and had more frequent need of a pulse ox I just had the nail tech do a clear nail with a design only on the tip. It worked
2026-04-12 07:21:14
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Elise Karoline ☀️ :
my nurses have been fine with putting the pulse ox on my toes so idk bout yall
2026-05-02 10:28:53
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Kaym :
Wait why
2026-04-11 00:32:49
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RNtoDrJen :
I’ve been an operating room nurse for over a decade and we’ve never told people to not wear polish. Dark polish isn’t ideal because the pulse ox can’t read through it but that color is fine. We can also put it on sideways with polish and it works fine
2026-04-17 17:04:03
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B🤍 :
They made me take my nails off before surgery
2026-04-12 21:51:18
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xTeensyButterflyx :
I have super long nails and when I had my 🍒 done I woke up with the pulse ox on my earlobe 😛
2026-04-27 23:46:29
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keele🎱🍒🐆 :
you absolutely can just shy away from dark colors! a pulse ox not only goes on your finger, it can be toes, ear and even your nose! sincerely someone who works in the OR!
2026-05-16 01:00:22
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kellan:> :
if you have acrylics the pulse ox won’t read a lot of the time, but i’ve never noticed a difference between dark or light regular polis
2026-04-26 19:45:37
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Woahpeppa :
I’ve had a handful of surgeries and never had this
2026-04-27 18:18:39
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user253567843 :
i was able to keep my nails on!
2026-04-27 01:37:06
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charlotte :
I’ve gotten surgery twice with long acrylics so this isn’t always the case
2026-04-24 13:17:58
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Haley Burg :
I just had surgery five weeks ago and was able to have gel x no problem! Confirmed it with my surgeon and the surgery center. I was worried that was going to be me too but I was pleasantly surprised.
2026-05-19 03:20:21
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Soph :
I had biab on for a stomach and gynae op, no issues they can use your toes to get a reading!
2026-05-16 11:13:39
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CK :
Modern equipment can usually read through polish just fine.
2026-04-13 06:19:43
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bsmitch :
They just put my pulse ox on sideways lol
2026-05-01 23:23:21
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Carina 🪩 :
I’ve had 4 different surgeries all with my nails done 🤷♀️
2026-04-12 22:02:14
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heatherlouise :
it's so weird that certain operating rooms still have this rule. there's a monitor for the ear lobe.
2026-04-12 18:06:26
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Hannah☀️ :
My surgeon said it was fine and that if they couldn’t read it because of nails they’d put it on my toe lol
2026-04-27 21:48:40
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Laur🌸🌙 :
Its fine as long as the color is see through. No dark but light is fine
2026-05-02 12:56:38
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chiara :) :
A nurse once told me they can also use ur toes for the ox thingy, my last 3 surgeries they asked me if I had one nail free (I have biab) I told them no sorry but I know u can use my toes so no need to remove a nail and they just put it on my big toe 😂😂
2026-04-26 12:03:18
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Kirsten :
I have been operated twice with my acrylics on😅 Never had to take them off or heard something about it🫢
2026-05-09 17:19:53
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mags :
i'm a CA and it's normally because the blood ox won't read w nail polish on
2026-04-14 13:37:13
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Tink :
😂😂😂
2026-04-11 03:05:08
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