Did gel damage my nails

[Sharny]

Hi,

I have been doing gel for a while using NSI balance and simply nails traditional gel with white tips. They lasted really well although i found the NSI always seemed to be cloudy and i couldn't get the finish clear to be shiny, Don't know why!

I decided to take them off to give my nails a rest and my nails are now terrible, they are all flaking and are as soft as paper. Could this be over buffing or could it be that the gel didn't suit my nails, or could it be the glue from the tips. None of my client's have had this problem other than my Mum. My nails are normally quite weak.

I am now just starting to use Young Nails L&P and don't know whether to try on myself or will i just make my nails worse, should i give my nails a long break, although they look awfull.

Any advice greatly received.

 

[wendyrose]

Hi,

I have been doing gel for a while using NSI balance and simply nails traditional gel with white tips. They lasted really well although i found the NSI always seemed to be cloudy and i couldn't get the finish clear to be shiny, Don't know why!

I decided to take them off to give my nails a rest and my nails are now terrible, they are all flaking and are as soft as paper. Could this be over buffing or could it be that the gel didn't suit my nails, or could it be the glue from the tips. None of my client's have had this problem other than my Mum. My nails are normally quite weak.

I am now just starting to use Young Nails L&P and don't know whether to try on myself or will i just make my nails worse, should i give my nails a long break, although they look awfull.

Any advice greatly received.

Can you do a quick run through on how you 'took' them off?

 

[Sharny]

I buffed them over then cut the tips down, buffed the tips and the gel off then applied cutice oil.

 

[wendyrose]

Did you go down to a softer file as you got to the natural nail? When i remove gel from my nails i leave a very thin layre, not noticeable, so that i dont create any trama to my own nails, the only time iv seen flakey nails after gel enhanment removal is when my sister literally picked and bit them off

lashings of cutical oil and a clear strenghtener i say!!

not sure what it could be from is you removed them carefully...sorry

 

[Sharny]

No maybe mine i my mums nails are just too weak to have enhancements of any kind as when i used to use the stick on ones from the shops before i trained, i had a similar problem.

I use the 180 side of the file to file them off, i wonder if its that.

 

[wendyrose]

ouch! yeah that might be the problem, and im assuming (im sure you'll correct me if im wrong) that you would pull the occasion nails off, all nails should be able to take gels or other enhancements, you just gotta be really careful when removing!! your poor wee nails, hope they get back to normal soon!

 

[waxprincess]

If you have had them on for a good length of time your body may not have made a very strong nail. The weight of the enhancement tricks the body into thinking it has a great nail, when in reality it doesn't. Or yes you could have filed off too much.
I'm all for putting nails right back on, there's no reason for us to have yucky looking nails!

 

[geeg]

If you have had them on for a good length of time your body may not have made a very strong nail. The weight of the enhancement tricks the body into thinking it has a great nail, when in reality it doesn't. Or yes you could have filed off too much.
I'm all for putting nails right back on, there's no reason for us to have yucky looking nails!

This statement is not factual but an old wives tale I'm afraid.

With heredity playing a big part of how our nails grow and how strong they are, I would say that if your mum has weak thin nail plates, then the chances are that you do also.

Weak nails do not support nail enhancements as well as stronger thicker more 'normal' nail types. Added to that perhaps repeated harsh preparation or removal and you have a recipe for lifting and damaged nail plates.

I would let them grow through naturally and then start again with more knowledge and extra care.

Prep does not have to involve filing the nail plate if you use the best products and this keeps it healthy and strong. :hug:

 

[Mrs.Clooney]

If you have had them on for a good length of time your body may not have made a very strong nail. The weight of the enhancement tricks the body into thinking it has a great nail, when in reality it doesn't.

Hi waxprincess, there is always a first time for everything but I have never heard the above before. People can wear enhancements for years and years without this resulting in the thining of nail plates provided the enhancements are correctly applied and removed.

I would imagine that sharn's dilemma may be as a result of overbuffing, however she does not appear to have this problem with her clients. Therefore, this could be as already mentioned a hereditary thing as Sharn's mum has the same problem. We are also not aware of her mum's age and health. My mum is 70 and has had big health issues. Over the years her nails have become very soft & thinned.

My advice to sharn is to perhaps double check nail prep and removal technique to ensure not removing natural nail :hug:.