I currently have all ten of my digits growing, long, healthy strong nails. Then one of my nails have a rip in it and it's only a matter of time before I will have one very short, stubby nail with the soft skin underneath unprotected. Normally when one of my nails breaks I cut the rest of them shorter to make th short one stand out less. What do you do?
Aesthetics aside, at the end of the day it's just a broken nail and it'll grow back. It's just the skin underneath that needs the nail for protection which is what I'm more concerned about. How do you ladies hold on to a nail that's ripping without having to treat it too delicately? I do chores like weeding, cooking and cleaning so I can't really be super gentle about my nails.
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Ten Long Beeautiful Nails Then, One Breaks/Rips/Splits. What Do You Do?
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Wrap a bandage / plaster around the broken nail to stop it from tearing further. Keep it wrapped up until it's grown out enough to trim it short without exposing the nail bed (skin under the nail).
I have patched a torn nail successfully before, using the outer lining of an unused tea bag and some nail glue. Glue a small square of tea bag lining over the top of the tear, top with two coats of nail glue, drying between coats and then seal with clear top coat or paint your nails normally. It does need to be repaired / replaced every 3-4 days, but I managed to grow out a torn nail like that while on holiday overseas. Only do this if the nail and skin underneath is not sore.
Other options, if you don't want one nail shorter than the rest and the tear isn't too low down, would be to cut it short and then stick a glue-on tip on that nail to make it the same length as the others (only if the nail bed is not exposed), or have a nail tech sculpt you a hard gel or acrylic extension, so that it's the same length as your other nails.
If there's any pain, pus or bleeding, just wrap up the nail with a bandage / plaster and let it grow out.
I have patched a torn nail successfully before, using the outer lining of an unused tea bag and some nail glue. Glue a small square of tea bag lining over the top of the tear, top with two coats of nail glue, drying between coats and then seal with clear top coat or paint your nails normally. It does need to be repaired / replaced every 3-4 days, but I managed to grow out a torn nail like that while on holiday overseas. Only do this if the nail and skin underneath is not sore.
Other options, if you don't want one nail shorter than the rest and the tear isn't too low down, would be to cut it short and then stick a glue-on tip on that nail to make it the same length as the others (only if the nail bed is not exposed), or have a nail tech sculpt you a hard gel or acrylic extension, so that it's the same length as your other nails.
If there's any pain, pus or bleeding, just wrap up the nail with a bandage / plaster and let it grow out.
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