I Bite My Nails But I Want Acrylics

So you need to see a nail biter every week until the nails have completely grown out then you can dare to drop down to every 2 weeks.

I bite my nails but i want acrylics. I got acrylic nails to stop biting my nails but because I couldnt feel my fingertips I just ended up doing even more damage to my skin. I have been biting and recently picking the skin around my nails since I was a toddler. Im sure there are products gels etc out there that are less damaging to the natural nail than acrylics and the like but in my experience ANY unnatural layer that smothers the nail bed WILL cause.

The good news is you dont have to remove the fake nails. Run the nail file over the top of the fake nails and file them until they are in line with your natural fingernails. So for three months I wore acrylic fingernails and spent many long hours at the manicurist maintaining them.

Now I do my own with a UV lamp and Shellac. Using a good quality nail and cuticle oil will help so apply as often as you can. Then use a metal pusher to push some of the product back.

Started having Shellac manicures - did chew a couple of times when the polish peeled off before the next appointment but I had more or less broken the habit. Also tell your friend to never do that either. Theyre not supose to be doing that in the first place but theres n.

Just one day my finger started to hurt. Aug 31 2011 3 i am an extreme nail biter much to my own embaressment but i do manage to fit tips and do. I got them to look very natural as.

Log in or register to post comments. At the movies - FYI bitten nails and salty popcorn dont mix - and even through layers of foul-tasting polish specifically designed for how to stop nail biting. Id bite while watching TV.