Gel nails.. If I file them will they get damaged??

I usually get Acrylics done but I heard that Gel nails are more natural looking and they damage your nails a little less.. I realized that I want them shorter now so I was going to file them down.. but I'm not sure if it will damage the gel?? I usually do it with my acrylics then just put a clear top coat over and that's it.. but I'm not used to Gels...Gel nails.. If I file them will they get damaged??
Hi, you can file them/shorten them yourself but only use a file, not clippers! that will crack the enhancement...also, tilt your file a bit so it's underneath the tip more, this will prevent you filing the nice glossy top part of your new nails. Failing that, just go back to your tech - sure she'd shorten them for you as she'd rather you be happy! Also, neither gels or acrylics are any worse for your nails, it's the technician that does the damage, if she over-files your natural nail or uses a file that's incorrect - this is a huge myth that the product damages your nail, it's always the technician not the product! or the wearer, if they rip them off or pick at them!! Hope this helps xxGel nails.. If I file them will they get damaged??
No problem! Glad I could help, withlovebymel xx

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Do you have real 'gel' nails? In other words, did the tech use any liquid and powder at all during the application process? Or did she use gel, which looks like the name - its a gel with a hair styling gel-like consistency? I'm just making sure that you have real gel nails before I answer this question, thats all.


If the tech used any liquid and powder on your nails at all during the application, then you have acrylic nails, and not gel - no matter what the tech called them. Sometimes the tech will apply liquid %26amp; powder, and refer to the powder as ';powder gel, Well, there is no such thing as powder gel. Gel is just that - gel. It is not a powder, ever.





So, assuming that you did get real gel nails, then the answer is this: Normally, the last coat of gel which is applied, and cured (all the layers are cured individually), this is usually a product which 'seals' the gel onto the nail. And the tip of your nail is included in the sealing of the nail. If you were to file them, you would obviously break this seal and that could lead to the gel layers seperating from one another. You don't really want this to happen. I would suggest just going back to the salon, and asking them to shorten them for you. Its easy enough to do, but after they have shortened them, another coat of 'sealer' would have to be applied, and cured under a UV lamp for about two minutes -depending on the type of sealer used. This can't be done at home unless you have a UV lamp designed for use with gel nails, which most people wouldn't have.





Just go back to the salon and ask them to shorten them for you. It shouldn't cost you anything for this, BTW. Its a fast and easy thing for a tech to do, so it should be free as long as you go back to the same place that applied them to begin with.


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Well, i guess you can just call up the place you got your nails from, or if you done them by your self, call a store to do with nails and ask them if it will damage them. Also, i think it would be better if you do that because some people just post over here anything they like because the want to earn points.


So i guess that is the best thing to do! :)