How to Remove Nail Extensions Simple Ways to Repair Damaged Nails

Beautifully polished and shimmery nails are surely loved by everyone and now there are a lot more designs that you can opt. Longs nails, whether it is nail extensions with acrylic nails or french manicure, one can go for it all on special occasions. But removing acrylic nails by yourself can be really troublesome, so, to help all the girls with nail extensions, here are some easy peasy ways to remove nail extensions at home.

How to Remove Nail Extensions at Home?

Acetone is a saviour when it comes to removing acrylic nails at home. Acetone is basically a strong liquid based chemical that helps in dissolving acrylic nails which leads to its easy removal. Acetone despite being a strong chemical can be used on fingernails and except some dryness or redness in a very rare case, it won’t harm the skin. Just apply petroleum jelly before touching acetone and add adequate amount of acetone and moisturize your hands after using it. By these three ways, it becomes safer to use acetone to remove acrylic nails.

Remove Acrylic Nails Safely With Acetone Nail Polish Remover

Method 1- Aluminium Foil (Step by Step Process)

●     Step 1- Clip your nails as short as it can be with the help of a nail cutter.

●     Step 2- File the top acrylic coat

●     Step 3 - Apply petroleum jelly on the cuticles

●     Step 4- Wrap your nails with cotton pads properly dipped in acetone

●     Step 5- Now wrap a piece of aluminium foil paper on cotton pads, so that it stays in place.

●     Step 6- Wait for half an hour, then gently take our the aluminium foil and cotton pads and you are good to go.

Method 2- Warm Water (Step by Step Process)

●     Step 1- Clip your nails as short as it can be with the help of a nail cutter.

●     Step 2- Add acetone to a bowl and add warm water to another bowl.

●     Step 3- Now put the acetone filled bowl in the warm water bowl to make acetone gently warm

●     Step 4- Apply petroleum jelly of cuticles and skin around the fingernail.

●     Step 5- Now dip your fingers in acetone filled bowl for half an hour and check if the acrylic has become soft enough to get pulled up with the help of a tweezer.

How to Repair Damaged Nails after removing acrylic nails?

Getting nail acrylics can be really harmful to our nails and once you remove it, you start noticing the thinning of your natural nails and it's often breakage. But you can cure it with some easy ways. Have a look at some of them:

1.    Go shorter

Keep your nails shorter, at least till the time it becomes healthy. As there are much more chances of breakage in long nails than short nails.

2.    Use regular polish

If you really can’t go bare nail paint, then you can go for a regular polish that will also help you to see the growth of your nails.

3.    Keep it moisturized

Keep your cuticles and hands moisturized, this will help you to get beautiful and softer fingernails.

So, these were the simple steps by which you can remove nail extensions and repair natural nails.