• wabafeeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Not sure if this is sarcasm but your manicure is essentially loss meme. It’s tradition to reply sorry for your loss, or this is loss?. Though if it’s true then I do sorry for your loss.

        • DroggelbecherOPEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Oh yeah I know that, but I saw the comment in my inbox and at first didn’t see what post/comment of mine it was on. Had kinda forgotten about posting my loss nails. Sorry for being unclear. And yes, it’s true that a friend of mine passed. Thank you for the condolences.

    • DroggelbecherOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Srs though: it’s more or less only relevant if you’re trying for long natural nails. Water is bad for that, as the nail soaks it up and swells from it. Since your nails are made of layers of keratin, this can make them delaminate (peel) because they might swell up unevenly. Think of a book that’s been soaked and dried. The chlorine in pool water is additionally quite drying, exacerbating the damage. I don’t really know why, but this is much worse if there’s a significant white bit of nail.

      Nail polish can protect nails from it. Otherwise, nail oil can, too, as it saturates the nail without delaminating it.

      What happened to me:

      So basically two of the keratin layers from my nails lifted from the tip down to like a quarter of the way into the pink part. Then continued peeling beyond half way into the pink bit. Usually, I wear polish to protect my nails from the chlorine water, but if peeling has already started, the polish can take a piece of the top layer of the nail with it as it peels off. So, a break from polish, only minimal designs like this.

        • DroggelbecherOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Ugh yeah I’ve heard that so many times! It you ever get your nails done again ask them to buff as little as possible! Also, your best bet rn is to use nail oil as often as you remember, especially before and after they’re in water (showering, doing dishes, swimming) and file off any jaggedy bits at the front.

      • DroggelbecherOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Ad hoc theory for why it’s worse for long nails is that the white bit that’s some millimetres away from the finger tip is less likely to be saturated with natural skin sebum.