Cracked Acrylic Nail

Focus on removing the more prominent part that is hanging from one side.

Cracked acrylic nail. When you do wash your hands use antibacterial soap and be sure to wear rubber gloves when doing household chores as this will help protect your nails. If you are a man do not feel intimidated by going to a nail salon. I know acrylic can be soaked off in acetone but that will sting like a mother.

One removed they can put a fibreglass overlay to help your natural nail. Generally the cost of repair one broken nail with acrylic nails is between 3 to 5 and the process of putting acrylics over your broken nail only takes less than 5 minutes without polishing. Before going forward with any other steps make sure that your nail is healthy has no redness or irritation and is not in any pain.

A crack near the stress area of an acrylic nail can be repaired without removing all the product if the crack runs less than halfway across the nail says Vicki Peters NAILS Magazine Show manager and veteran nail technician. Draw your brush over the entire nail surface to blend the filled area with the rest of the nail. In short acrylic nails are not good for healthy toenails let alone cracked ones.

Color changes such as yellowing. Apply gel bonder to any area where natural nail is exposed. There would be a huge crack and the nail might be hanging out that needs to be cut off before doing anything else.

Baker recommends shortening the length of the cracked nail. Finish the nail by filing and buffing the surface. Pick tip a smaller wetter ball of acrylic and brush it over the entire nail.

Quickly file the acrylic nail down to the natural nail to avoid too much heat buildup around the nail. File gently to remove it. To attach your new acrylic nail first buff and file your natural nail then attach the replacement nail with adhesive gel.