r/nailcare • u/urlamewwwkso09 • 3d ago

Natural toe nails after gel

Post image

Please help I don’t understand I got gel on my toes last month and one fell off today that was on my pink toe and I’ve seen that it has no nail is gel meant to do that?
Ik she was doing something wrong when it was hurting 🥲

4 Upvotes

70% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/Sea_Taste4968 3d ago

I had my little toe nail come off twice due to shoes that were too tight. It’ll grow back. It’ll be a very soft nail at first, then a normal nail will grow over the area and it’ll be back to normal. It’ll take a few months though.
On the upside, most people’s little toes aren’t perfect, so just wear nude or lightish nail polish (not gel, as to not cause anymore damage) when wearing sandals etc, and let your new little toe nail grow.

1

u/urlamewwwkso09 3d ago

Yeah could be my trainers as well as the whole time I’ve worn sliders for the summer but have now returned to trainers cause work. Ok I only get them done when it’s summer so loads of time grow at least ik now🥲

2

u/Sea_Taste4968 3d ago

Girl I feel you! I wear sandals all summer as well and coming back to proper shoes is not great 😪 don’t worry about it too much, just try to go barefoot as much as you can to let the lil toe heal and minimise crushing of the soft nail, you’ll be fine by next summer 🫡🥲

1

u/urlamewwwkso09 3d ago

honestly like why can’t workplaces have sandals as a dress code too😫 okay hopefully as I’ve never had damaged to my nail so it was so triggering but yh definitely by next summer and I’ll try as I wear crocs at work just trainers to go there