Hi guys.
Let me take you back to April 2021. I did my nails using a gel nail kit that I’ve been using for 12 months, once a month with zero problems. I used a new matte top coat and the day after application I woke up with sore fingertips. This got worse the next day to the point that I remove the gel nails using acetone (soaking) and it continued to get worse to the point that I was completely unable to do ANYTHING. My partner had to care for me for weeks. My fingertips were just a collection of hundreds of tiny blisters which eventually cracked exposing the flesh of my fingertips. My nails came apart from the beds almost entirely on some fingers.. I was in agony. I put it down to the new top coat as I’d never used it before. Threw it away and havnt down gel nails since.
As it’s been 18 months and I have fully healed nails I plucked up the courage to do them again on Saturday. Since Saturday I’ve had a similar but significantly lesser reaction. My nails on my left hand have the same feeling I had the first few days of the last episode. Tender to the touch and slightly inflamed but only my little finger has even the slightest sign of a blister.
I have no clue what’s going on!! Please help! Could it be the light? Am I allergic to something!! I’ve Googled everything I can think of but all the results just talk about the burning sensation when curing - I don’t get that. I’m at a loss!
Photos of last years incident can be provided if that would help?
Let me take you back to April 2021. I did my nails using a gel nail kit that I’ve been using for 12 months, once a month with zero problems. I used a new matte top coat and the day after application I woke up with sore fingertips. This got worse the next day to the point that I remove the gel nails using acetone (soaking) and it continued to get worse to the point that I was completely unable to do ANYTHING. My partner had to care for me for weeks. My fingertips were just a collection of hundreds of tiny blisters which eventually cracked exposing the flesh of my fingertips. My nails came apart from the beds almost entirely on some fingers.. I was in agony. I put it down to the new top coat as I’d never used it before. Threw it away and havnt down gel nails since.
As it’s been 18 months and I have fully healed nails I plucked up the courage to do them again on Saturday. Since Saturday I’ve had a similar but significantly lesser reaction. My nails on my left hand have the same feeling I had the first few days of the last episode. Tender to the touch and slightly inflamed but only my little finger has even the slightest sign of a blister.
I have no clue what’s going on!! Please help! Could it be the light? Am I allergic to something!! I’ve Googled everything I can think of but all the results just talk about the burning sensation when curing - I don’t get that. I’m at a loss!
Photos of last years incident can be provided if that would help?