07-15-2018, 08:24 PM
I just joined this forum. I'm so sorry I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post in this section? As I'm not a nail tech.
...but I used to get acrylic french nails which I LOVED because they looked so beautiful but it left my nails permanently damaged after having them for 7 years since, at the time, I'm embarrassed to admit I did not know that it is a HUGE no no when they popped and literally tore the old acrylic off rather than soaking them off. Since I HATE long nails (they must be kept short) I would go to the salon and they would pop my acrylics off completely every two weeks (painfully prying them off with great force) and do a fresh set. It was VERY painful when they would literally tear the acrylic off! This damaged my nails so bad that after NOT having anything on my nails at all for the past 3 years they STILL have not recovered and have been left with permanent waves/ridges in my nails.
I don't like plain nails and would LOVE to get french acrylic or gel nails again but was wondering.... is is POSSIBLE for a nail tech to simply use a drill to "file" the old acrylic super thin (never touching my actual nail with the drill of course) and NOT actually have to FULLY remove 100% of the acrylic in order to give me a fresh set every two weeks? ... because I REALLY don't want to have to soak the acrylic of every two weeks as I'd rather not expose my skin to such frequent doses of acetone...
Thanks so much in advance for any advice/input!
...but I used to get acrylic french nails which I LOVED because they looked so beautiful but it left my nails permanently damaged after having them for 7 years since, at the time, I'm embarrassed to admit I did not know that it is a HUGE no no when they popped and literally tore the old acrylic off rather than soaking them off. Since I HATE long nails (they must be kept short) I would go to the salon and they would pop my acrylics off completely every two weeks (painfully prying them off with great force) and do a fresh set. It was VERY painful when they would literally tear the acrylic off! This damaged my nails so bad that after NOT having anything on my nails at all for the past 3 years they STILL have not recovered and have been left with permanent waves/ridges in my nails.
I don't like plain nails and would LOVE to get french acrylic or gel nails again but was wondering.... is is POSSIBLE for a nail tech to simply use a drill to "file" the old acrylic super thin (never touching my actual nail with the drill of course) and NOT actually have to FULLY remove 100% of the acrylic in order to give me a fresh set every two weeks? ... because I REALLY don't want to have to soak the acrylic of every two weeks as I'd rather not expose my skin to such frequent doses of acetone...
Thanks so much in advance for any advice/input!