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Many women follow the beauty of their manicure, giving it the most incredible designs. After all, we all know that well-groomed nails are the key to the beauty of women's hands. Today, nail designers offer a great variety of different coatings for nails, the most popular of which is gel polish. It is famous for being able to last up to two weeks on nails, while maintaining its original shine and shine. But it is not uncommon for force majeure situations to happen, when a nail broke even under the gel polish, what to do in this case and how to preserve the beauty of the manicure, we'll figure it out right now.


Causes of brittle nails

A strong coating of gel polish is not a guarantee of the strength of the nail plate. First, you need to figure out why natural nails break without coating, there are many reasons for this:

  • Lack of vitamins in the body;
  • Working with household chemicals without protective gloves;
  • Problems in the digestive tract;
  • Mechanical damage to the nail plate;

The cause of brittle nails with a gel coating is most often mechanical damage. For example, with a strong impact on a hard surface, a microcrack may form on a nail covered with gel polish, which will later grow into a scrap or chip.

If your main activity is constant mechanical stress on your nails, such as typing on a keyboard, this can also damage the nail plate. But do not lose sight of the unprofessionalism of the master who covered you with gel polish; an incorrectly done work can become one of the reasons for brittle nails.


Features of nail repair

It should be said right away that a nail that is broken by more than half cannot be repaired, you can try to keep the length only with small chips, and then such a correction will last a maximum of a week. It is also worth refusing to repair if soft tissues were affected during the break.

If it turns out that the nail plate cannot be repaired, then it is worth shortening all the nails to the same length and monitoring their condition.



Gel Polish Nail Repair Tools

Repairing a nail with gel polish requires special attention. Ideally, in case of damage, you should contact a professional who will carry out the restoration work professionally and efficiently. But if you do not have such an opportunity, then you should stock up on special tools, such as:

  1. Files and scissors;
  2. Ultraviolet lamp;
  3. Scotch tape or thin adhesive plaster;
  4. Base coat for gel polishes;
  5. Top coating;
  6. Basic color gel polish;
  7. Foil.



Restoration of the nail with gel polish

In order to restore the nail plate, for a start it is worth polishing the place of the fracture a little with a nail file. You should not get carried away with this business, otherwise the nail will become very thin and restoration will not work. Next we need some foil. A small piece, you need to fold it four times for strength and cut a strip out of it across the width of the nail.

Slide the resulting strip of foil under your nail from the inside and shape it in a curved shape. After that, you need to degrease the surface of the nail and foil, for this you can use a special degreasing agent, if there is none, then you can take boric acid. But in no case wipe the nail with nail polish remover.

Next, you should apply the base to the entire surface of the nail, but in the place of the fracture, the coating layer should be a little thicker. The base should go over the foil, where it is applied in a thick layer. Then you should dry the coating in a UV lamp for 3-4 minutes.

After that, you can apply a colored layer, in some cases it is worth repeating the application several times so that the color is brighter and more saturated. Color gel should also be dried in a UV lamp. We fix the nail with a typical coating and degrease the nail plate.

We remove the foil from under the nail fixed with a plaster. We trim the resulting nail with scissors and file it a little in order to give the desired shape.

Provided that the nail was broken with the already applied gel polish, the coating should be removed and the entire procedure described above should be repeated.



How to avoid brittle nails?

If you constantly encounter broken nails, then you should postpone the decorative treatment of the nail plate and start figuring out the cause of the brittleness. To solve this problem, contact a dermatologist will help.

If, however, everything is fine with health, then perhaps the reason for brittle nails can be poor-quality materials for manicure and insufficient nail care. Firming baths and masks will help improve the quality of nails. It is also worth giving up doing housework without gloves, household chemicals negatively affect the condition of the skin of the hands and nails.

You should not trust your nails to a non-professional nail design master, choose only specialists with a long experience of work, this will help save nails from poor-quality work.



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Tea bag

Cosmetic stores sell ready-made kits for “repairing” broken nails. They include a piece of non-woven fabric, a brush, glue and other necessary items. But if the nail needs to be reanimated “right now,” and there is no time to go to the store, then the most familiar product for most people will help you out - a tea bag.


It is made of filtered paper made of cellulose and cotton, or thin nylon - materials strong enough to hold a broken nail together and thin enough to remain invisible. If there are no tea bags in the house, they can be replaced with hair removal strips or any other muslin cloth. Instructions:

  1. Start by trimming the affected nail as long as your nails will allow.
  2. Sand the crack with a glass or mineral file.
  3. Cut a piece of the tea bag to the desired size.
  4. Apply a thick layer of clear varnish to the crack and immediately press the prepared material against it (this is most conveniently done with tweezers).
  5. Wait 15-20 minutes and apply another 1-2 coats of clear polish over the tea bag.
  6. After the material is completely dry, sand the repair site with a soft nail file or buff to remove excess material.
  7. Cover your nails with decorative polish.

Nails glue


If the nail is cracked very deeply, you can try to restore the integrity of the nail plate using special glue. But: nail glue containing acrylates cannot be used if the skin is damaged and signs of an inflammatory process. In this case, you will have to wait until the wound heals up, and only then proceed to the manicure. Instructions:

  1. Gently trim the affected nail with scissors or forceps. If the nail is broken, which is called "to meat", and any touch to it causes pain, try to grind off the length with a soft glass nail file, having previously fixed the plate with a bactericidal plaster.
  2. Apply nail glue to the crack and dip your finger into a bowl of white acrylic powder. Remove excess with a brush or soft brush and buff the surface of the nail with a buff.
  3. The nail now looks much better. To be sure, repeat the entire procedure once.

Gel polish


Small chips and cracks on the nail plate can be quickly hidden with gel polish. If you have a UV lamp, you can carry out the procedure at home or consult a professional.

Instructions:

    Shape the nail into the shape you want.

    Clean the surface with a buff to ensure better adhesion of the gel polish to the nail plate.

    Apply gel polish in even layers, each time drying them with a UV lamp.

    For a glossy finish, use a clear topcoat.

Silk for nail repair


With the help of professional elastic silk, you can not only seal the break, but also completely restore the shape of the nail, for example, with a lateral or transverse fracture.

This material not only reliably fixes the damaged area of ​​the nail, but also prevents its further destruction. Silk, impregnated with glue and transparent varnish, is completely invisible on the nail.

Professional silk for nails can replace regular adhesive plaster with a mesh backing or thick paper napkin.

Instructions:

    Cut a piece of silk to a suitable shape. If you lose part of the nail plate or if it is significantly damaged, create a silk patch that matches the shape and size of your nail.

    Degrease the surface and press the silk against it. It should stick easily to the nail.

    Saturate the material with glue or clear gel that dries on its own without exposure to UV rays. When reconstructing a lost nail area, apply the gel on both sides.

    After the coating has dried, shape the nail to the desired shape using tongs and a nail file. Sand the surface, apply a clear base and one or two coats of decorative varnish.

Nail tips


Plastic nail tips are a real salvation for those cases when the nail has broken down to the very root and looks much shorter than the rest. Under a layer of varnish, they cannot be distinguished from natural nails. Tips can be trimmed, filed down, painted with decorative varnish and worn until the next manicure without the risk of breaking.

There are no less than ten types of plastic tips, differing in size, shape and length. Always choose the plates that are slightly narrower than your nail plate. They will look more natural when finished.

Instructions:

    Degrease the surface of the nail.

    Apply a drop of glue to it, which is usually attached to the plates.

    Press the tipsu to the nail and hold it for 10-15 seconds.

    Once the glue is dry, shape the plate into the desired shape and cover with decorative varnish.

A beautiful manicure is a decoration for every woman. But no one is safe from sudden nail breakage. Do not despair and cut off the entire manicure at once to equalize the length. This situation can be easily remedied. In the article, you can find out simple and affordable ways to save and fix a broken nail at home.

Emergency fix

How to fix a broken nail at home without glue or other tools? In this case, you can patch it up a little with scotch tape. But such a repair will have a temporary effect and the procedure should be continued in the near future.

It is necessary to cut a piece of duct tape slightly larger than the crack and glue it over the nail. Further, the adhesive tape is smoothed towards the gap, the excess is cut off. In this way, complete nail breakage can be prevented for several hours.

How to fix a nail at home using nail tips

For the procedure, transparent or translucent products in the shape of a square are used. To fix a nail, you need to take: special glue, a nail file, nail polish remover and scissors. It is necessary to degrease the surface to get rid of all roughness in the damaged area. To do this, take a nail remover. Next, a special glue is applied to the nail and the inside of the tips. The product is applied to the nail plate, while it is important that the stopper coincides with the edge. Wait a few minutes for the glue to dry, and cut the tips to the size of the broken nail, leaving a little length for correction. At the end, you need to file the surface and grease the joints with glue.

How to fix a broken nail at home with a tea bag

This method is suitable if the manicure began to break down at the "smile" level. You need to take:

  • file with fine abrasive;
  • buff for polishing, nail glue;
  • a piece of a tea bag;
  • disinfectant;
  • orange nail file.

It is necessary to disinfect the surface of the plate so as not to infect. Next, clean the nail with a file until the plate becomes smooth. To repair, you need to cut off 2 pieces of material in advance. One will cover the area of ​​the crack and the area around it, and the other will cover the surface of the entire nail. Before you fix a broken nail at home using a tea bag, apply a thin layer of special glue to the damaged area and apply the first piece of material on top. Then they press it with an orange stick and seal the patch with special glue. Further, the surface is slowly polished with a buff. In this way, you need to fix a broken nail at home, both without PVA glue and other aggressive agents. To strengthen the entire nail, the same procedure is performed using a second piece of material for the entire surface of the plate.

Repairing a gel or acrylic coating

How to fix a nail at home, if a crack has formed under this coating, then first of all it must be removed using special tools. If they are not there, then you need to apply a "patch" over the gel. The nail is repaired using the same methods as when repairing a natural plate, but at the end the coating is changed and dried under an ultraviolet lamp. How to fix a broken nail at home using gel polish if a crack has appeared across the nail? In this case, it is cut and grown again using a special form or foil. At the final stage, they are covered with a protective gel and dried under an ultraviolet lamp. If there are no special materials, then they turn to a specialist.

The acrylic nail is also recoverable. This type of material can be glued using synthetic glue - "Moment", "Superglue" or the means that are used for plastic. Patches are applied in the same way as on natural nails. If a tip is used, then it is changed to a new one.

Strengthening with vitamins

If the breakage of the nails becomes regular, while they begin to exfoliate, then the cause should be sought in the state of the body. Such "incidents" in most cases, become a signal of the presence of certain diseases. This can be: decreased immunity, hematological disorders, as well as problems with the endocrine system. You should visit the hospital for a detailed examination.

Long nails are the most prone to injury. But the breakdown is not always associated with physical impact, sometimes the reason lies deeper. Lack of vitamins and minerals often affects the condition of the nails. To restore the strength of the plate, you need to use vitamins A and B - they affect the condition of the hair, nails, as well as the formation of new cells. They are found in foods such as liver, egg whites, butter. They can be found in red, green, and yellow vegetables. Lack of calcium also leads to brittle nails. It can be replenished by eating foods such as bread, potatoes, onions, beets and seafood.

Folk remedies

Insufficient care and external influences also negatively affect the condition of the nails and increase their fragility. Therefore, you should additionally moisturize the skin around the plate. You can use a variety of creams and oils of natural origin. Particular attention is paid to the cuticle, since it is this area that is most susceptible to drying out and cracking. Using nail baths is a great way to soften the skin and improve blood circulation under the plate. A weekly procedure for 10-15 minutes will significantly improve the condition of the manicure. Baths using essential oils are considered the most effective. To prepare them, take warm water, about 40-45 degrees, and add a few drops of the product. You can use any oils you have at home or get them at the pharmacy.

First aid for deep damage

How to fix a nail at home if it is deeply traumatized and part of it is torn off the bed? You need to remove it before you heal the wound. To do this, you can also use tweezers to hold it. Having cleared the wound from the nail, there is wide access to the damaged surface, which helps to treat it sufficiently. Thus, the risk of infection is significantly reduced. But you can leave the separated area, then you need to clean the area around it. In this case, the broken fragment will fall off on its own when a new nail grows.

If there is bleeding, then it must be stopped with gauze or cotton pads. To do this, you need to place the tissue under the injured area and press on it for several minutes, the force should be evenly distributed. Gauze and can be replaced with a towel or napkin. People with peripheral arterial disease, weak immune systems and diabetes should see their doctor after treating the wound. This should be done because trauma can lead to decreased blood flow and ultimately decreases limb sensitivity.

What are some ways to help speed up the healing process?

How to fix a nail that remains at home? To do this, you need to trim it with sharp scissors or wire cutters to remove uneven and sharp edges. You can use a nail file for this purpose. Then place your arm or leg in cool water for 20 minutes. In this way, the blood flow is regulated and the affected area is toned. Then you can go to the baths with warm salted water. To do this, mix 1 teaspoon of salt with 1 liter of liquid. The procedure should last for 20 minutes, repeat 2-3 times in the first 3 days. Such a bath will help to avoid infection.

An antibiotic ointment can be used to speed up wound healing. The nail bed must be bandaged regularly until the new nail grows at least 2.5 mm. You can use a bandage or gauze for this purpose. Change the bandage every time after applying the ointment to the affected area. It is important to monitor the condition of the wound, especially the first 72 hours, since it is during this period that the risk of developing an infection is highest. Symptoms may include fever, increased warmth in the wound area, pain, swelling, or cyst. When these signs appear, an urgent need to consult a doctor.

What not to do

  • You cannot glue natural nails with synthetic glue (such as "Superglue", "Moment" and others). The components that make up them are capable of damaging natural manicure. This tool is used only for nail repair. Only special glue should be used.
  • If before "meat", then you can not use acetone or nail polish remover to process the plate. The aggressive components that make up these funds can adversely affect the condition of the wound.
  • If it appears, then you should not delay the repair. The plate needs to be repaired as soon as possible before it comes off completely.

A spoiled manicure can spoil the mood of any woman for a long time. But this is in the event that she does not know what to do and how to fix a broken nail at home. Fortunately, there are many ways to solve this problem. But one should not forget about strengthening the body and folk remedies, especially if nail breakage occurs frequently.

Did you do it at home or in the salon, but one awkward movement and the nail broke, or even worse, broke? For those with long nails, this event is akin to the end of the world. After all, the length grows so slowly. Fortunately, today there is a solution and you can do your nail repair at home.

Each of us often in life asks the question: “I have long nails and one broke, and just below the smile zone. What to do if your nail is broken? And if a nail is cracked, how to fix it? "

Cooking tools

  • The file is very gentle with light abrasiveness.
  • Buff, it is mainly used for polishing purposes.
  • Nail glue, you can buy it even on the Internet and it costs a penny. You shouldn't count on super glue, it will destroy your broken root nail.
  • A piece of thin cloth or paper (office paper, for example).
  • A toothpick, but if you are an avid hobbyist then you have an orange stick anyway.
  • Tweezers.


How to fix

  1. Long nails usually collect dirt, dust and other bacteria. Therefore, before glueing, treat the broken (cracked) nail with an alcohol solution or lotion for disinfection purposes.
  2. The place where the nail is cracked (at the base or in the middle), treat with a nail file, preferably a glass one. This manipulation is necessary to remove all the roughness that can catch on something and your broken nail can crack further.
  3. Now you need to apply glue and glue the broken part as it was before the breakage. If only a crack, then just cover it with glue. The glue dries quickly, so hold the parts to be joined firmly and still.
  4. Now is the time for a piece of paper or fabric, its size should be slightly larger than your crack in length and width. Something like a patch. Apply glue to the area where the nail is cracked or broken, and use the tweezers to apply the prepared tissue or paper. Press down gently with a toothpick and wait for the glue to dry. Then apply some glue over the patch. Polish the surface with a buff.
  5. At the next step, repeat the previous step, only now you need to glue the patch over the entire surface of the nail plate.

Agree, it's not difficult to fix a broken plate at home? And it doesn't matter at all where the crack is at the base or in the middle.

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What to do if a nail is broken is a question that any woman is looking for at least once in her life. A beautiful manicure is a real decoration of a woman's hand, and it becomes a shame when long and diligently grown marigolds suddenly have to be cut off because of one broken nail.

Of course, if the nail is broken, you can go to the salon, where the manicurist will cover your nail plate with biogel, which quickly hardens, based on proteins, thanks to which it will return it to its natural look.

And what to do if there is no way to get into the salon? Are there other ways to avoid shortening your nails and keep a beautiful manicure at home?

It turns out that today there are a huge number of special tools that will help you revive your manicure at home. If you go to a specialized store, then they can offer you:

  • silk strips and special glue for them,
  • nail repair kits, which usually include powder, brush and glue,
  • tips (also with special glue).

The kits always come with special instructions, thanks to which you will quickly figure out what to do if a nail is broken and how to fix it.

The listed methods are quite convenient, but only if you have the opportunity to quickly visit the desired store and purchase everything you need. If this is not possible, do not rush to get upset, because enterprising women have come up with a simple, quick and convenient solution to the problem - nail repair with a tea bag. Moreover, the most common, which can be found in every home.

Features of nail repair with a tea bag

It is possible to use a tea bag to resuscitate the nail only if the nail is broken by less than one third, and only the surface is damaged, without going deep and without injuring the soft tissues. The material is very thin, but strong enough, so the manicure will not look rough and visually different.

A big advantage is that you don't need any expenses for tools for nail repair with a tea bag and gel polish. You only need: nail scissors, a bag of tea, glue (but in no case superglue) or gel polish (you can use it with a small crack, and if there is no special glue at hand).

Before gluing the nail at home, remove the old coating from the nail (repairing the painted nail plate will have no effect) and degrease the surface. Further:

  • remove the contents of the tea bag and cut a strip that will cover the crack,
  • apply glue to the damaged area in the nail plate and immediately attach the blank cut from the bag,
  • over the "patch" run the glue again,
  • wait for the glue to dry,
  • file the edges of the patch and lightly polish the surface,
  • cover with clear varnish and decorative coat.

Of course, a damaged nail plate is not able to "heal" in the place of breakage, but by gluing it, you can forget about the trouble before the nail grows back.

How to fix a broken nail at home with nail tips

A tea bag will solve the problem of a small fracture of the nail plate, but what to do if the nail is broken in half and the fracture goes deep into the depths? In this case, it will be necessary to hide the damaged area with tips. It is an artificial plastic nail that is glued to the surface of the nail plate with the help of a special glue. Due to the fact that the tips have a margin of length, you can easily adjust it to the size of all other nails.

Now let's take a closer look at how to fix a broken nail at home using tipsu:

  • remove the old varnish first,
  • remove all irregularities and polish the nail plate along the edges,
  • degrease the tips on the inside (this can be done by wiping it with nail polish remover),
  • let it dry for a couple of minutes and cover the entire inner surface of the tips with special glue, apply a little of the same glue to the fracture area,
  • attach the artificial nail to the surface of the natural plate so that their bases clearly coincide,
  • wait until the glue is completely dry, then cut the tipsa so that it is the same length with the rest of the nails, leaving a small margin for growing, give the desired shape,
  • process the joints.

What to do if a nail is broken on the side

You can carefully restore a nail that has broken from the side with the help of silk strips, which, together with glue, you can buy in a specialized store. Before restoring the nail, remove the old varnish, use a file with low abrasiveness to process the chip so as to smooth the surface as much as possible.

Now go to the fabric. You need to cut off two strips: first one (according to the size of the chip), then the second (it should be designed to cover the entire nail plate).

Remove the backing paper and place the first piece on the damaged spot, gently flatten it, hold it with an orange stick and cover with glue. After it dries, remove the roughness (lightly walking with a file), cut off the excess silk. Then, in the same way, apply a large blank (on the entire nail plate), cover the silk with two layers of glue (at intervals of 20 seconds). Wait until it is completely dry.

Trim off any excess silk, then apply a base, cover the nail with decorative polish and top. Now about the problem: I broke a nail - what to do? You can forget until it grows to the length you need.

Attention! If your nails break or flake off frequently, your body may be lacking calcium. Review your daily diet.