Nail cracking

[Inktavia]

Hi there I noticed one of my clients came back for another set and her natural nails were kind of cracked looking? Like they had stress lines and tiny cracks across her nail- what is causing this?
Is it the acrylic application?

 

[Trinity]

Sounds like damage to the natural nail from lifting, do you have a photo, it's easier to see what you mean from a picture.

 

[Inktavia]

Sounds like damage to the natural nail from lifting, do you have a photo, it's easier to see what you mean from a picture.

Hi there! I didn’t get a photo but I just saw kreationsbykiki on Instagram post this picture and the cracks I mean were like in the picture on the ring finger!

 

[Trinity]

That's the exact damage you would see on nails that pulling off the overlay/extension would cause. The lines are damage to the nail plate, the rest of the cells are on the back of the overlay product.

 

[laurabennett]

Not the application itself, more like someone has pulled them off and left some of the nail behind. Poor/unprofessional removal is a likely culprit.

 

[Inktavia]

Okay so it is not something I am causing myself directly, and could avoid by advising clients do a proper removal as opposed to ripping them off themselves (as I do, but they are stubborn, LOL!)

Thank y’all very much.

 

[Beautiful-you]

Okay so it is not something I am causing myself directly, and could avoid by advising clients do a proper removal as opposed to ripping them off themselves (as I do, but they are stubborn, LOL!)

Thank y’all very much.

If they are regular clients you should be recommending they come to you for removal each time rather than removing themselves. I include removal of my work in the price. Our clients haven't been trained to remove products properly and could easily damage their nails.