I damaged my nail!

My gel polish started lifting this morning, but I thought it would last until this evening, when I was going to remove it. Sadly, not ... While I was in Mitre10 this morning, a freak accident happened and I caught the lifting polish on the necklace that I was wearing - it ripped the entire piece of gel polish off my thumb nail, taking a few layers of nail with it. This kind of damage leaves the nail feeling ragged, thin and soft, and will take many weeks to grow out. Oh, the perils of incorrect polish removal.