Fake nails: Dangerous?
I've worn fake nails exactly one time in my life -- on Halloween when I was a teenager. And all I can say about that experience is that I've kept my nails super short ever since. Typing, opening jars and even wiping your behind are just too much hassle with long nails, if you ask me. But if you've found a way to get used to acrylic nails, good for you. However, there are some things you should know about acrylic nails, according to my favourite beauty experts, the Beauty Brains:
- Don't use your nails as a tool. Sure, your nails are a handy alternative to a screwdriver, but if you end up ripping it off? You real nail goes too. Ouch.
- Acrylic nails can also expose you to some harmful chemicals.
- Gel sculpted nails can react with some medications.
- Nail polish remover can be harmful both to real and artificial nails.
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10-21-2007 @ 4:21AM
marcie0305 said...
Let's not forget how unsanitary they are, and I don't find them attractive at all. If you take a closer look at most of the most beautiful women in the world, they have short nails! I particularly get grossed out when my waitress has long nails - there is a bevy of things that live under there - and other than (perhaps) during the hair-washing process, when do they ever get clean? Ew.
~Marcie
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