There's nothing I love more than a fresh manicure, which is a good thing, because I test out a lot of for work. That means I'm constantly in the salon trying out new polish colors and . With gel, I was able to grow out my nails longer than they've ever been before — so long that multiple people have asked me if they were fake.
Things were going fine (or so I thought) until I was showering one day and realized that the tip of my nail on my middle finger was bending and felt like it was about to break. By the time I visited the salon to have the gel removed, I could see that more than one was thin, brittle, and in dire need of some TLC. I had heard about the strengthening benefits of " ," so I decided to give it a try.
For the uninitiated: nail cycling is taking time off between regular manicures — something I failed to do from January until June, in which I went a full six months of no breaks. (Unless you count the two minutes between removing the gel and layering on some more at the salon.) That, of course, is a serious no-no.
is a celebrity manicurist and CND education ambassador located in Los Angeles. , MD, is board-certified general and cosmetic dermatologist located in New York. "Taking a break every eight to 10 weeks allows the repair of the nail matrix, which is found under the nail cuticle and contains stem cells where new nails are formed," Kunal Malik, MD, board-certified general and cosmetic dermatologist, previously told PS.
"Aggressive practices when it comes.
