vertical ridges are not damage and buffing them flat is the one thing that actually causes damage. what ridges are, which kind is worth a doctor, and the ninety-second fix that is purely cosmetic and fine.
Category Archives: Nails & Skin
I Did Nails For Twelve Years. Your Cuticles Are Not Supposed To Be Cut.
the thing being trimmed off the base of your nail is mostly not cuticle. it is your finger. what that fold of skin is actually doing, and the ninety-second routine that replaces cutting it.
I Did Nails For Twelve Years. Those White Spots Aren’t A Calcium Deficiency.
They are an injury you have already forgotten, growing out six weeks late. What the other marks actually mean, the one that is worth a dermatologist, and why nothing you paint on changes how a nail grows.
I Did Nails For Twelve Years. Gel Didn’t Ruin Your Nails. Taking It Off Did.
Cured gel grips the top layer of your nail, so picking it off takes that layer with it. The twenty-five boring minutes that remove it without damage, and an honest answer about the lamp.
I Did Nails For Twelve Years. Your Nails Aren’t Weak, They’re Waterlogged.
Splitting nails and cracked hands are a wet-dry cycle problem, not a vitamin problem. What twelve years as a nail tech and a cleaning company taught me about hands that live in water.
I Did Nails For Twelve Years. You Cannot Moisturize A Callus Away.
The most common thing people get wrong about their own feet, and the order of operations that actually fixes it.
