A Year Later Switching from Gel to Lacquer
Tl;dr: I was worried my nails and fingers was permanently damaged from gel allergy. More than a year later, here is the result. So if you are in the same boat as me, know that there is hope.
It's humbling to post these because I thought I did all the appropriate research before gel. The right lamp to gel, cleaning up if it touches skin, not over e-filing, no peeling but soaking, using builder gel, looking for HEMA free.... All the good stuff, but still this happened.
I am relieved that there's so much innovation and options with lacquer. I've learned so much from people in this sub and am able to recreate a lot of looks usually done with gel. Happy to report there is light at the end of the tunnel. Sending love and light so anyone also going through their nail health journey.
