How To Fix A Cracked Acrylic Nail

Alternatively you may also choose not to lengthen the nail and just to have the others shorten to match.

How to fix a cracked acrylic nail. Bring out your strongest topcoat. When the nail gets injured the whole nail wont get ripped off easily. Be advised that you will follow the same steps if you are using acrylic with a few minor differences and without the need to use a UV Dryer lamp.

Apply the paper and smooth it out so that there are no wrinkles or bubbles. Applying an acrylic nail to a broken natural nail can lead to infection. You will want to lay the nail drill bit parallel to the acrylic nail crack.

Once dry file down the quick repair until even. Use soap water and an earbud to clean the surrounding area to the nail. If the natural nail under acrylic didnt break then take off the acrylic part from the cracked place.

When you do wash your hands use antibacterial soap and be sure to wear rubber gloves when doing household chores as this will help protect your nails. If the acrylic around the crack has lifted file the lifted product away as well. While the acrylic gel is still wet dip your nail into the acrylic powder.

Use a thin coarse-grit board to file a crevice where the crack is extending the width and length of the crack slightly. Sometimes you dont need more than a fresh coat of clear polish to fix a cracked nail. So here I will be using UV gel which requires a UV lamp.

Carefully clean as much as you can. You can either use a nail file or a drill for this. If there may be ache then thats an indication that the acrylic nail has eliminated a part of the pure nail with it.