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Re: question on Silk & Gel Overlay Nails....

Posted By: Meagen
Date: Thursday, 22 February 2007, at 8:10 p.m.

In Response To: question on Silk & Gel Overlay Nails.... (Janice)

I got gel nails about two weeks ago and it was a horrible experience. It was the first time that I had ever gotten fake nails, so I was actually looking forward to it. My own nails grow very nicely, but this cold Wisconsin winter attributed to some major breakage and I wanted them to look nice for my birthday.
Two hours after getting them done, while I was at home, my fingers started to ache but only slightly. I ignored it, thinking that perhaps it was just the glue drying all the way through or something (I don't know, like I said, it was my first time). By the third hour, my fingers were on fire and I wanted to saw them off my hands. They were impossible to get off, and I had to go to Walgreens in the middle of the night to purchase 100% acetone because that's the only thing that will get them off. I took me hours to remove the gel gunk that instantly hardens once you remove it from the acetone. It took about 2 days for my fingers to feel normal again (4 days for my thumbs) and now I am scarred for life. My mother and sister are both just as sensitive as I am (my mother much more so) and nothing happened to them. I went to the same exact place, got the same man to work on them, and look what happened to me? Never again!! Never EVER AGAIN!!

Messages In This Thread

question on Silk & Gel Overlay Nails....
Janice -- Tuesday, 21 February 2006, at 6:28 p.m.

Re: question on Silk & Gel Overlay Nails....
Meagen -- Thursday, 22 February 2007, at 8:10 p.m.

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