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Weird question: would getting my nails done cause me to fail a etg if any of the products contain alcohol? just being cautious. will the fumes make me

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

ETG: Very rarely topical use of alcohol can cause elevated ETG , but it has to be ethanol not other types of alcohol and usually isopropyl is used in nail salons but would check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_glucuronide http://www.forensicdrugtesting.net/alcohol-tests.html http://etg.weebly.com/incidental-exposure.html

Answered 6/2/2017

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