When people talk about acrylic nails, people usually only mention how hard it is to use your hands after fixing them. But there’s more, and we’re here to tell you other things people don’t tell you about fixing acrylic nails.

1 They’re addictive 

When people talk about addiction, they forget that getting acrylic nails can be an addiction. The sound your nails make when they tap your phone, how elegant flipping a bird is and the way they take your hands from 0–100 makes you want them all the time. If your bank account can finance this addiction, we’ll eat you when it’s time to eat the rich. 

2 They leave your nails looking ugly

When you finally remove your acrylic nails, your nails don’t look particularly pretty. All the glue they used in fixing the acrylic end up making your natural nails unsightly . It’s worse if/when the acrylic breaks off. 

3 You need to be creative while removing the acrylic 

If for some reason you need them off sooner than expected, you don’t have access to nail dissolver, then prepare to suffer like this babe. And 

Why? Because the nearest place that sold the nail dissolving solution was far, and your babe’s fingers HURT

4 You lose some feeling in your fingers 

Having acrylic nails means the tips of your fingers lose some feeling.  You’ll feel numb, as though you’ve been lugging around blocks of cement with your fingertips. 

5 Never get your acrylic nails with long natural nails 

If you grow out your nails and you’re not prepared to cut them, then acrylics aren’t for you. If you’re stubborn and enjoy brutal pain, then you can go ahead and fix the them. Removing them will hurt but at least your vocabulary of cuss words will expand. 

6 You will have to reorient your brain 

Things you’ve gotten used to doing will have to change because of your new… appendages. You can no longer just pick your card from the table.You’ll have to learn a new way of contorting your body to do the simplest tasks. Stressful. 

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