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| MAVALA Nail Polish & Nail Care Products | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 163 reviews) Category: Health And Beauty
Publisher: MAVALA Studio: MAVALA Brand: MAVALA Label: MAVALA Media: Health and Beauty
ASIN: B0001GNELU
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| Features:
| | Nail Polish, Nail Hardener, Nail Polish Remover, Base Coat, Ridge Filler. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 158 more reviews...
  m.mayo September 4, 2008 Mavala Stop was recommended by our daughter's orthodontists. It is amazing. I have tried the thumb guards, Thum, and everything out there to help my daughter stop sucking her thumb. Within two weeks of using Mavala Stop, she stopped completely! It is a wonderful product and I can't say enough about it. We have been thumb sucking free for two months and going strong! I have been telling everyone who has a child that sucks there thumb or fingers to try this stuff.
  tastes bad, but not bad enough to deter my 4 year old... September 2, 2008 Our four-year-old son has sucked his thumb since day one. We are very concerned about this and have tried various methods to get him to stop. After reading the many glowing reviews of this product on this and other websites, we decided to try it.
The first thing we noticed about the product we received was that it looked and smelled like acetone or nail polish remover. Alarmed, we contacted our dentist and pediatrician, both of whom advised us that the smell comes from solvents in the product which evaporate after application and should not pose a risk. With some trepidation, we decided to try the product anyway. The next things we noticed were that the product seemed to wear off rather quickly with our son and that he was willing to put up with the residual taste at prime thumb-sucking time (such as when he was tired).
Concerned about the frequency of application required, we then contacted the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to see if they had any information about the product. The FDA informed us it has not evaluated the product for safety or efficacy and advised us to submit a MedWatch Report for possible follow-up investigation. The official who responded to our inquiry seemed concerned about the solvents and alcohol that form the main ingredients of this product.
Note that the FDA official did not indicate that the product was necessarily dangerous. However, the official did seem to think that further investigation was warranted. For the record, our son does not seem to have suffered any ill effects after 4 days of use.
My son was recently promoted to the "big kids" class at his pre-school, and we're very anxious about the physical and social effects of his thumb-sucking. We're as eager as anyone to find a magic bullet to fix this problem, but we have concluded that using alcohol and solvents of unknown efficacy and safety is too high a risk. Note too that because the product is made in Switzerland, holding its makers accountable for any adverse effects that might occur would be difficult. Before using this product, you may want to ask yourself whether you want your kids to be guinea pigs for the untested products of a foreign chemical company.
  wish the bottle was smaller! August 31, 2008 THIS WORKS! But it is so potent I think one bottle would last long enough to treat about 100 people. We used it to help our 3 year old daughter stop biting her nails.
  IT REALLY WORKS!!! August 30, 2008 I have never written a review before, but I said to myself if this stuff works I will write a review so it would help other mothers. I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter who literally has been sucking her thumb since she was in the whomb! Any time she was tired or upset she would suck her thumb and twirl her hair. I honestly thought I would never get her to stop. I thought my only hope was to buy the thumbguard, but that is expensive and I thought she probably wouldn't wear it anyhow. So for $7.99 I found this recommendation on Baby Center.com. I bought it here on Amazon and tried it the day we received it. I told her it was special nail polish just for her. I made up an excuse as to why I was only applying it to her thumbs, but she didn't care. A few minutes later she went to put her thumb in her mouth and took it out a split second later. She told me it tasted funny and I just told her she shouldn't suck her thumb anyway. Well, its been over a week now and no thumb sucking!! It really is amazing. I've only had to apply it a couple of times just for precaution, but really it wasn't even necessary. I would recommend this product to everyone with a child who sucks their thumb. If my daughter the queen of thumbsucking can stop, anyone's child can!
  This really works! August 29, 2008 This is an unbelievable product. My 10 year old daughter had bitten her nails until they bled. I tried bribery, other products, you name it. STOP worked instantly! Within a few days she actually had visible nail growth. She is so proud of them she now applies STOP on her own. I highly recommend this product.
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