Comments on: Conventionaly Accepted Body Mod http://quasilaur.net/2006/09/10/conventially-accepted-body-mod/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: yaz pistachio http://quasilaur.net/2006/09/10/conventially-accepted-body-mod/#comment-3682 yaz pistachio Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:48:24 +0000 http://quasilaur.net/?p=29#comment-3682 if you want to get rid of your acrylics without damaging the underlying nail, you can do so by clipping them short (use one of those honking toenail clippers & watch out for flying chips), using a heavy duty emery board to thin down the acrylic & a finer one to smooth out the surface. then just let them grow out -- you can keep filing on the thick part, but not on the base where the new nail is growing out. once they get mostly grown out, you can soak your nails in acetone (nail polish remover) & gently lift up the acrylic. you'll still lose some of the nail surface, but it will be a minimum amount. it's possible to remove acrylics entirely by soaking in acetone, but that takes *forever* to do. i've had to give up on acrylics b/c the Dremel vibrates enough to wake up the tendonitis in my forearms & once the tendons swell, they press on the nerves & i get phantom itches in my fingertips. it doesn't really itch, b/c scratching doesn't help at all. it doesn't even affect the itch. it *feels* like it's itching. very strange & bugs the piss out of me. do gel nails require the dremel? if you want to get rid of your acrylics without damaging the underlying nail, you can do so by clipping them short (use one of those honking toenail clippers & watch out for flying chips), using a heavy duty emery board to thin down the acrylic & a finer one to smooth out the surface. then just let them grow out — you can keep filing on the thick part, but not on the base where the new nail is growing out. once they get mostly grown out, you can soak your nails in acetone (nail polish remover) & gently lift up the acrylic. you’ll still lose some of the nail surface, but it will be a minimum amount.

it’s possible to remove acrylics entirely by soaking in acetone, but that takes *forever* to do.

i’ve had to give up on acrylics b/c the Dremel vibrates enough to wake up the tendonitis in my forearms & once the tendons swell, they press on the nerves & i get phantom itches in my fingertips. it doesn’t really itch, b/c scratching doesn’t help at all. it doesn’t even affect the itch. it *feels* like it’s itching. very strange & bugs the piss out of me.

do gel nails require the dremel?

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