NSS Nails - removal

[Thompson1]

Hi guys

Had a client today who asked me to look at her nails. she had soaked her nails in accetone for 45mins and they would not shift! I had alook and tried soaking them for 15 mins and i couldnt get them to budge! the salon she got them done in has gone bust so cant ask what they used. I even tried filing quite a bit but that didnt seem to work. Is there anything I can use without having too file right down to the nail bed?

 

[champagne]

Are you sure its NSS, it could be a non soak off Gel...

They could have non soak off gel coating on them....

Did you try to file the top layer off & then soak?

 

[Thompson1]

she said they used liquid and powder. To be honest i tried filing quite far down and then soaking and still didnt budge.

 

[angel fingers]

could be gel.
did they go sticky at all after soaking ?

 

[Thompson1]

no they remained really solid?

 

[angel fingers]

sounds more like gel then.
even mma gets a bit goey on the surface if they are soaked in acetone.

 

[Thompson1]

so would i have to just buff them off? she said they didnt cure the nail in any way and dipped there brush in the liquid then the powder?

 

[angel fingers]

hmmm, then it does sound like liquid and powder.
looks like you will have to file whatever they are if they arent responding to acetone.

however i would be wary of taking them right off. if the nail beneath is damaged from rough prep then it would be better to thin them out and rebalance with a quality product. this way the old product can just grow off the nail and be replaced gradually. other wise a full removal may leave the client with very sore damged nails to cope with and it takes a good while for the damage to grow off.