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Can acetone-free polish remover be more harmful to the nails?
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I have been using acetone free remover and noticed that my nails have become more brittle since then. The ingredient list has Ethyl acetate, Isopropyl alcohol as the first ingredients. Please, share your ideas.
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I've tried acetone free remover and it didn't work nearly as well. I use an acetone based remover or straight acetone to remove polish. I change my polish 2 or 3 times a week and my nails and cuticles are fine. I put cuticle oil on after removing polish and that makes a huge difference. So I can't tell you whether acetone free removers will make your nails more brittle but I can tell you that acetone based removers won't. Don't know if that helps.
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I used to use non-acetone removers for years, and besides taking forever to get my polish off, my nails always flaked, peeled would break. Since I switched to pure acetone, my nails have been strong and long. I don't know why. I've noticed a big difference, though. I do know that if you are using any face or body products that contain Benzyol Peroxide- that can make your nails very brittle.
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This remover works as good as pure acetone, removes polish in just a second, that's what got me wondering, and the fact that i went from 2 inch long nails to 1 inch and they still look crap. I switchd to vegan diet though, so am trying to figure out if it is the lack of my daily morning yogurt or the remover. It's Boots brand.
I will try my acetone based remover tomorrow to see if it makes a difference, though i doubt that i would be able to tell after just one try. -
I would bet that your diet is the main cause of the change in your nails, possibly contributed by the polish remover. Nails can indicate all sorts of things happening with your health- everything from poisoning, nutritional deficiencies, to liver disease and other conditions. Your brittle nails my not be anything serious, bu I highly recommend working with health counselor or nutritionist, if you haven't already, to ensure your body is getting the right balance of nutrients. Everybody should do that, really- but that will get me on a soap box. :)
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I have found that non-acetone polish removers give me and my friends mummy fingers. When I use non-acetone removers, my nails are dry, and my finger tips and dry and scaly and crack. I would much rather use acetone. It may be drying but since it takes the polish off in only a few seconds I find less damage to my fingers and nails than laboriously scrubbing with the mummy-finger juice. I have never gotten mummy fingers from acetone.
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Janis, I believe it is because acetone eats fake nails, so acetone free remover will let you change your nail color if your nails are fake without making them...melty.
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You do need to use a non-acetone based remover with fake nails. People started using it on natural nails because of the perception that it's more gentle and therefore better for your nails and cuticles. It's the same logic that makes people decide to use baby wipes to remove makeup or use baby shampoo instead of shampoo for adults ( or whatever you call it) but you have to work a lot harder to remove nail polish with a non-acetone remover (and you'll never get glitter polish of with it; don't even try) so you wind up rubbing your nails longer and harder, which isn't good for your cuticles. Better to use an acetone remover and soak your nails with cuticle oil after.
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If you're not sure if the problem is your diet or the type of remover that you're using, you could use non-acetone remover on one hand and acetone remover on the other. You wouldn't be able to tell if there was a difference until you had a significant amount of new growth, which could take a while. Do you paint your toenails? If you don't and the the problem is dietary, I think you'd notice a difference there too.
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thanks you guys for your replies. it was the remover. i stopped using it right after this posts and went back to acetone one with conditioners and my nails are healthy and strong now. so i guess giving into the hype, as usual, means you don't really gain anything. but most definetely lose something.
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Where's Lynette when we need her?...LOL
I do remember her telling us to always use Acetone nail polish removers and never non-acetone formulas. I agree with PurpleRules: Non-acetone removers take forever to get the polish off. I think you end up exposing your nails to more damage, rather than less, as a result.
I still am trying to unravel the mystery of why my nails are great for periods of time....and then go south. Whenever we roll into summer, my nails are wonderful. It's May and sure enough, I am happily getting manicures again and lovin' it. They are growing so fast and are so strong, it's almost a nuisance! But I worry that it's the fact that I use polish and removers all summer long that leads to my nail misery come fall. And yes, I am careful about which polishes I choose. Every holiday season, I want to hide my hands. *sigh*
All theories on this subject are welcome once again! -
I doubt it's polishes but it might be the base coat. What kind are you using?
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PR: I use to let the salon apply whatever they had but last summer, I started bringing in an Essie base coat but it made no difference by fall. I've always been impressed with how nail savy you are. Whose base coat do you use, Purple?
Alla: I like the girl who is doing my nails now. She is using a nail hardner first. Time will tell if it makes a difference! -
I don't paint my nails at all. If there's something special I'll have pink & whites done. But I mostly like they cut really short and filed. I can't apply polish and it tends to drive me nuts anyway.
My nails are really bendy. Even if I take calcium and stuff they still bend. Not break, just bend. Drives me nuts. So I cut them super short so no white shows. -
Karen, I use Barielle Natural Nail Camouflage. I know you can get it at Ulta. CVS might carry it too. There are plenty of other good basecoats out there; just make sure which ever one you're using is big 3 free. A surprising number of them aren't. On the Essie website, they say specifically that the colors are B3F but there's no mention of it for the base coats so don't assume it is. Only one of the OPI Nail Envy products is B3F even though they made a big deal when they stopped putting the Evil 3 in their laquer. Nubar base coat is B3F. Their quick dry top coat is awesome too but I think you can only get from their website. They have great colors too if you want to make it worth your while.
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