How to remove extended nails at home?

In the desire to improve their image, the majority of the fair sex actively use modern artificial materials. This is especially true of manicure and such popular techniques as nail acrylic, gel or shellac. However, before testing these techniques on yourself, you should understand how, if necessary, you can independently remove the selected material from the nail plate with minimal damage to it.

In order to properly remove the accumulated material from the nail plate, even before performing a manicure, you should study the issue of removing the used products at home. Very often during the continuous use of the gel or acrylic, the natural nail plate is depleted, it becomes very fragile and brittle. Therefore, removing the material without serious consequences will be much more important for the beauty of the nails and the improvement of their condition, since, as practice shows, it is careless removal that leads to more serious damage than the use of artificial means for modeling the shape and length of a manicure.

Of course, a specialist in the salon can conduct a proper removal without harm, however, it is not always possible to use its services, which requires owners of gel or acrylic nails to understand how to remove the nails at home. This option is possible only if there is a certain list of tools and knowledge of the entire algorithm for conducting manipulations with the material.

Due to the fact that today shellac, gel and acryl are actively used - compositions that have different composition and characteristics - there are several options for how to clean them at home. In addition, to remove the material or remove varnish will require a different set of auxiliary tools, the main list of which for each tool will be considered separately.

The shellac is removed using the following working inventory:

• cotton pads;
• special gel nail polish remover from nail plate or acetone;
• foil or professional silicone caps;
• file;
• orange sticks.

Correctly and quickly remove the gel from the nails will help this set:

• tweezers or other tool for cutting long tips;
• brush to remove material residue and dust;
• a set of nail files with varying degrees of abrasiveness;
• cotton discs and nail polish remover based on acetone;
• manicure buff.

If the build-up was carried out with acrylic, then the following materials will be needed:

• tip cutter;
• buff and nail files for cutting acrylic;
• foil;
• cotton pads;
• orange stick;
• Acryl remover or acetone containing liquid.

Regardless of the technique of manicure, as well as the type of materials used, removal of the compositions from the nail plate requires a number of preparatory measures concerning the nails and skin of the hands. The first step is to adjust the length of the nail itself, cutting off the regrown part.Clipping the nail should be as carefully as possible so as not to damage the plate itself, in addition, too hasty actions can cause injuries from contact with a sharp tip of an artificial nail.

However, with proper treatment, you can easily remove some of the material with standard scissors for manicure or with nippers.

After shortening the length, care should be taken of the skin of the hands and the cuticle on each finger. For these purposes, before you remove gel nail polish from your nails, you need to process these areas with a thick cream or petroleum jelly. It is important to use such a composition that will provide traumatic areas during operation with reliable protection against the effects of various chemical agents and mechanical contact with the instrument, which will result in dryness of the epidermis.

For professional or home removal of extended nails, there are basic rules for performing the task.

Unlike acrylic material, gel tips will be harder to remove from the nail. The main reason for this is the specificity of the material itself, because the gel is rather a wearable and durable composition, so it cannot be dissolved in anything or chopped. Independent removal of tips will require not only some effort, but also time. The main work will concern the use of nail files, and since the process itself will be very dusty, you should take care to protect your eyes and respiratory tract in advance. Therefore, the work should be done in a mask and glasses.

Technology work.

• First you need to do the top layer, if the length of the nail has already been previously removed. In order not to hurt the fingers that will hold the tool, it is recommended to put a fingertip on them or temporarily glue with a plaster. When removing the material, dust should be regularly removed from the plate in order to visually determine at what stage the work is: you should use a brush and also acetone.
• After the material is completely removed, you should polish the plate with a buff, move the cuticle back with a stick, and apply a moisturizer to your fingers.

Some experts recommend leaving a small layer of gel on the nail plate to further strengthen it, however, this is not mandatory.

Acrylic is a fairly popular material for nail. For its removal one set of nail files will not be enough. As a rule, the effectiveness of the removal procedure will increase manifold if you use a special compound that is able to dissolve the material. If such a tool is not available, you can resort to using the usual nail polish remover, but products must contain acetone, otherwise the tool will be useless.

Removal of acrylic requires the following steps.

• First you need to independently make small plates from food foil, their size should correspond to the phalanx of the finger with the extended nail. In addition to the foil, you will need cotton pads in the amount of 10 pieces. This material is useful after working with a nail file.
• A rough abrasive side of the nail file should be removed layer of acrylic. As a rule, the top layer is the most durable, so it may take a lot of strength and patience to remove it. But the top composition should be removed from the nail plate completely.

• After the removal task is completed, it is necessary to moisten the discs with acetone or other appropriate means and cover the entire nail with them, then wrap with a foil cut. A covering layer of foil will help trap volatilizing substances that are responsible for the dissolution of acrylic.In this state, the nails should be held for about half an hour.
• Over time, the acrylic will change its consistency and become jelly-like. The substance in this form is not difficult to remove from the nail, however, in the course of performing this procedure it is very important to act promptly so that the material does not become hard again.
• After contact with the above substances and the final removal of acrylic, it is necessary to thoroughly wash your hands with soap and, as well, without fail, apply softening and nourishing agents on the nail plate and skin.

Shellac is most convenient to remove from each hand separately. The material removal procedure requires the following steps.

• Regular cotton pads can be used whole or divided in half. Each disc should be moistened with nail polish remover, then placed on the nail plate and covered with foil, as is the case with acrylics. Keep the tool on the nails need 20-30 minutes.
• After contact with the agent, the shellac can be removed from the finger with an orange stick.
• Most often, after removing the gel polish from the nail, its surface will become rough and bumpy. Therefore, the plate will need additional grinding. For these purposes it is worth using a manicure buff.

Another way to get rid of the gel coating without foil is to use a water bath. For this method, you need to take two small plastic containers: one will need to pour hot water, and the second to pour the contents of a vial with an acetone-based varnish remover. It is important that the water tank be of a larger diameter so that a bowl of acetone can fit into it.

It is necessary to wait until the acetone warms up, then hold the nails in the composition for about 15 minutes. When the material begins to move away from the nail plate, it can be carefully detached from the nail with your fingers or a stick.

Despite the fundamental differences between the materials used for manicure, as well as the carrying out of various methods for their removal, a number of complex measures can be distinguished, which will strengthen and support the nail plate and the skin of the hands after removing the compositions and the use of various mechanical and chemical means of influencing the nails.

• It is important to feed the epidermis, so the use of creams or moisturizing oils is mandatory. A moisturizing bath for nails based on heated olive and coconut oil can act as an effective remedy. You can rub in massage movements in the skin and nails, vegetable, castor or almond oil.

• After using moisturizers, it is recommended to equip with a small piece of natural suede, which should be polished nail plate. This method will help give your nails a more healthy look and shine, in addition, such a "massage" is a preventive tool against brittleness and delamination of nails.
• Cosmetic paraffin can also act as a regenerating bath. It is heated, and then kept in this part of the nails. It is recommended to wear gloves on your hands or wrap your fingers for a while with cellophane for the remedy to be absorbed.
• At home, you can prepare a useful mask for nails and cuticles. They can consist of sea salt and lemon juice or sea buckthorn oil and a composition of other ethers.
• As an effective measure to restore the nails after removing the accumulated material, it is necessary to perform daily circular massage of the upper phalanx of the fingers, additionally using cream or petroleum jelly.
• As a strengthening agent for too deformed nails, it is worth using biogel, which acts as a protective sealing layer that covers the nail.

Among the large number of recommendations of specialists of the nail case. There are a number of highlights concerning the removal of the accumulated material from the nails.

• Most of the masters do not recommend wearing artificial material for more than three weeks, as the compositions will impede the natural growth of the nail plate.
• In order to remove gel polish as quickly as possible before using acetone or other means, it will be better to remove its top layer. Such a manipulation will allow the softening composition to penetrate deeper into the material, which will facilitate the separation of gel polish from the surface.
• Instead of cotton pads for work, it is much more convenient to use cotton balls, which are more suitable in size, in addition, they are many times slower to dry.
• Less aggressive formulations with a larger content of caring ingredients and a smaller amount of acetone will only prolong the process of removing artificial surfaces in time. And for acrylic, they can be completely ineffective, which would entail an even greater mechanical effect on the nail of the abrasive surface from the file, which can do more damage to the plate and finger.

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