Claire@OBNMK
Well-Known Member
I had a lady a few months ago come to me she has clubbed nails.
They are not awful (going by pics of others on google) but they are certainly noticeable.
I did a set of hard gel sculpts on her and then she came back for a rebalance 3 weeks later, everything was fine no lifting so cos her natural nails were long enough I filed down the extension and she just had an overlay of the hard gel with gel polish on top.
Well, she came back to me with major lifting around the cuticle and sidewalls, in fact it lifted half the way down the nail! (she's in her late 50s only work a couple of days a week and I know she's good with her care), I'm very careful with prep, ok maybe 1 or 2 nails with lifting but all 4 fingers, that was exteme. (her thumbs were ok and they don't bend over as much as the others)
So what happened? do you think because her natural nails grow down quite a bit and they were the longest she's had them it might have put pressure on the overlay to then make lifting worse?
I removed the lifting then used a soak off hard gel and put a little extra in the stress area to see if that would help and we made them shorter this time.
Any experienced techs out there who can help?
Claire x
They are not awful (going by pics of others on google) but they are certainly noticeable.
I did a set of hard gel sculpts on her and then she came back for a rebalance 3 weeks later, everything was fine no lifting so cos her natural nails were long enough I filed down the extension and she just had an overlay of the hard gel with gel polish on top.
Well, she came back to me with major lifting around the cuticle and sidewalls, in fact it lifted half the way down the nail! (she's in her late 50s only work a couple of days a week and I know she's good with her care), I'm very careful with prep, ok maybe 1 or 2 nails with lifting but all 4 fingers, that was exteme. (her thumbs were ok and they don't bend over as much as the others)
So what happened? do you think because her natural nails grow down quite a bit and they were the longest she's had them it might have put pressure on the overlay to then make lifting worse?
I removed the lifting then used a soak off hard gel and put a little extra in the stress area to see if that would help and we made them shorter this time.
Any experienced techs out there who can help?
Claire x