Patent ID: 7025954

Claim:
A method for reshaping a nail plate surface comprising the step of applying, in vivo, to said nail plate surface a curable composition comprising an acrylic ester polymer and an acrylic ester monomer, said polymer contains a metal salt co-catalyst blended in with said polymer and an initiating amount of an initiator for the cure thereof, said initiator in the polymer matrix, wherein said initiator includes (a) said metal salt cocatalyst or a photoinitiator, other than a barbituric acid derivative or a barbituric acid salt, and (b) an encapsulated compound of the formula III wherein R 1 through R 4 are identical to or different from each other and are hydrogen, a mononuclear carbocyclic aromatic group, a C 1 -C 18 aliphatic group, a C 1 -C 18 aliphatic radical substituted with a mononuclear carbocyclic aromatic group, a cycloaliphatic group or an aromatic radical having from 6 to 10 ring carbon atoms and up to five aliphatic or oxy- or oxo-aliphatic substituents, with the proviso that at least R 3 or R 4 is hydrogen, said curable composition being essentially free of aromatic amine, inorganic pigment, and particulate inorganic filler material.