I broke my acrylic nail and it’s still attached?

[Anonymous]

Hey guys! So earlier this week, I somehow cracked my acrylic nail in half. Even though it’s straight across and in half, both sides are still connected to my nail and my nail bed. I cleaned it up and put bandaids on my nail for a few days, even though the bleeding and pain already stopped, I kept it covered. Now I’m actually getting a little annoyed! I want it off. But, again, it’s still connected and I don’t know how to get it off. My real nail is broken under the acrylic as well. What should I do?

[Anonymous]

Soak that shit in straight acetone. It'll melt the acrylic. Once it's melted, it'll be easy to remove with a cuticle push. Once you have it cleaned, and prepped, take some nail glue and seal that crack. It'll grow out, but will take a while. The reason why it snapped is because you're in need of a fill, and the nail's structure is off balance.

[chriscdi]

why not just cut the whole thing, it will grow back

[Asker]

😑 it’s my nail. It’s connected to my nail bed and in order to take it off, it would have to be RIPPED off and it will be Excruciating pain and it will bleed a lot. I’m not going to “cut it”. I’m asking for help to remove it safely and the correct way.

[chriscdi]

then get medical attention, if you want to remove it correctly, or go to a nail salon or something, or remove how you normally remove these fake nails just start with the broken part first and then remove the back

[Asker]

It’s literally not as easy as it may sound. The acrylic STICKS to the real nail. Right where it’s broken is a wound. If it gets removed normally how you remove fake nails, it. Will. Burn. And. Hurt. My nail is wounded. My real nail has to come off, not just the acrylic. And no, I’m not removing the top part because that’s unnecessary. My entire nail isn’t falling off dude 🤦🏽‍♀️ just the bottom half. It’s literally common sense not to do that at least. That’s dumb, and I can’t stress that enough.

[chriscdi]

you are just expecting a painless removal method after breaking your nail, you wounded the nail, its gonna hurt if you like it or not, for example in a more serious situation its like saying you get shot, the healing process will hurt because of the surgery and stitching, same here just in a less risky situation, you have to remove it, you gotta remove it from the whole nail to prevent infection, you will have to disinfect it afterwards anyways so you are going to feel pain anyways, there's not one way to remove this without feeling pain, or at least not in mind, but if you want to prevent it getting infected, you will have to remove the whole fake nail.

[chriscdi]

hands are the dirtiest part of the body, hands and mouth, so having bacteria on that fake nail there's a high chance that when you remove it that it can get infected, the safest way you can remove this is professionally from a medical expert, doctor or nurse, dping it yourself will always have its risks and feeling some pain is better than catching something worse, i say just have an expect remove it and see if they have a painless way of doing so or take your risks and remove it yourself