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| Ann
IP: 69.69.182.228 3/29/2006 14:44:36 |
 Subject: R My nails Permanently Damaged??Message: Hi - I've worn acrylics off/on since about 1988 - however, 2 years ago I let them 'go away.' I remember once before taking about 6 months for my nails to get back to 'normal' - it's been 2 years now, and they're still awful!! I'm tempted to just get a new set applied so they will stop breaking just above my cuticle (ouch!) I've tried: Nailtiques, oils, buffing...any suggestions? (My fingernails actually hurt - I think because they're breaking so low they cut into the sides of my fingers!) I WELCOME ANY advice! Thanks! |
| cheryl IP: 206.159.161.156 3/29/2006 14:58:41 |  RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged??Message: wow, that is a while to subject them to that. you can reclaim them. i beg you, please don't get them put back on. you'll just be covering up a huge problem that will not go away. they were sooooo thinned out over the years from the fills and even from the initial application. they hurt because there isn't the usual hard covering of your nail, there, to protect your finger-which is a nails primary job. the nerve endings are just that much closer to the surface without the adequate protection. for as long as you wore them, it's going to take a year or more to make them healthy. it took a long time to get them in this shape, it's going to take some time. i know you've used the products mentioned, but go to this sites home page and read about the nail growth formula. gather the information you need and then make your decision. so many of us here have been through acrylic removal and finally have healthy nails again. it took some patience and determination, but this product has a faithful following for good reason. |
| Lynnie IP: 69.207.171.31 4/02/2006 10:08:12 | RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged?? Message: It sounds like you have that lifting thing (onycholiosis) on the edges still and your nails are splitting at that point. What a pain in the neck that is, I agree! I've had my acrylics of 3 years off since July and started using the products here in November. I also had lifting on the sides of a few nails. As my new nails have grown in now, they are fusing back down to the nail beds and I don't get those low breaks. I would urge you to try this product faithfully, along with taking a hair and nail supplement with Biotin. Give it a good six months to see the total difference. I give you alot of credit for resisting going back to acrylics after 2 years. So, six months isn't so long to try something else, eh? |
| Barbara Wheeler IP: 66.82.9.91 4/03/2006 13:21:07 | RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged?? Message: As long as you can stimulate the cells and produce new growth, there is always hope! Don't go back to the fakes... The Natural Nails Growth Formula will stimulate cell activity and produce a healthy, natural, more rapid growth pattern. And don't use anything that will chemically remove your cuticles....They are there to protect from infection. |
| Ann IP: 69.69.182.228 4/07/2006 02:39:08 |  RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged??Message: Thanks for all the helpful feedback! I may just have to try this product (I've tried everything else, right? :-) What about just getting a normal manicure...? |
| cheryl IP: 206.159.161.156 4/07/2006 09:46:03 | RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged?? Message: ann, your nails would love a regular manicure! just don't let them cut your cuticles. |
| Skye IP: 203.91.82.96 4/19/2006 04:54:40 | RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged?? Message: Hi I have been doing Acrylic nails for 10 year plus, there is no reason if your nail tech has prepared your nails properly and sanitised all her bits and pieces that you should have any trouble with Acrylic Nails...Nail prep is the most important part..and a lot of nail tech's do short cuts as they have someone waiting...Itook my acrylic of to see how my nails were doing and they were perfect-strong well grown no damage whatsoever..so I applied another set of new acrylics, as i am so used to wearing them, no they shouldnt be thick-thinis best-and using a good quality product I have not had one complaint yet and have a great client list. Find someone who doesnt watch the clock and is not just after your money and out the door you go..by the way if you are unhappy with the job done SPEAK UP. |
| cheryl IP: 206.159.161.156 4/19/2006 08:50:03 | RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged?? Message: skye, good for you and good for your client list, but, there is not one of us here, on this forum, that buys into the reasoning that, "if you find one good, reputable nail tech that the natural nail bed is not damaged". it is still roughed up in the beginning, dehydrated with acid primer and a dehydrater and filed, filled, and covered with a layer of acrylic every two weeks. in my 2+ years of searching for just ONE good nail tech it always started out this way. a majority of your industry is unregulated and unsanitary. how many nail techs are we supposed to go to or question before we find just one that actually gives a rats ass about us and what we require? i, and a lot of ladies here, went through bacterial, fungal, allergic, inflammed years, all the while being lied over and over to. this site is NOT the avenue to promote the "healthiness" of having acrylics. you will not convince or win over even one person here. we're not here to pick a fight with the acrylic industry. we are here to promote growing our own healthy, flexible, natural nails. i guess what i'm saying is, don't expect to come to a NATURAL NAILS forum and not expect a fight. most of us here have been the acrylic route and it left us with nothing, expect sore nails, infections, and low esteem about our hands. that's never a good thing. |
| Lynnie IP: 69.207.171.31 4/19/2006 22:44:44 | RE: R My nails Permanently Damaged?? Message: I totally agree with Cheryl. I had the best and gentlest tech one could want. She never rushed me or hurt me, but the application PROCESS can be damaging and traumatic to the nail bed. You also have to take into account that some people's chemistry or nail structure just doesn't agree with the product. They may be more proned to lifting (from previous years of biting), may develop an acquired allergy to the product after a few months of exposure or may harbor yeast easily. I'm sure ALL techs have run into a client or two like this in their day. Oh, and I still love my tech, as she's a friend of mine! I am throughly enjoying my natural nails and would never have thought they could look this good from using the natural growth formula. They are hard, yet flexible, never peel. Love they way they look with a couple coats of sheer white lately, which seems to be the fashion rage for Spring. (I can also count change and fasten jewelry.) :-) |
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