When Nail Shop Cuts Your Finger Funny
She clipped my cuticles raw.
"I got the most painful mani of my life. She clipped my cuticles raw, sawed an emory board into them, and filed the corners of my nails until there was no nail left. Now my cuticles feel raw and stingy, and the skin on the corners of my nails is irritated (and they look all lopsided and awful)." - Reddit user flyinglabrador
They asked me to pay ahead of time and tip and then ruined my manicure.
"An old friend of mine was getting married, so I decided to spend money and get a gel manicure. I did my research on salons and this one had really great reviews. As I was getting my nails done, they asked me to pay the bill ahead of time and add tip. I did so and provided a very generous tip, assuming this woman would do a great job.
"I hated the way my nails looked when they were done! I assumed she would go back and retouch the unclean curves for the French tips and the spotty glitter job , but nope, she seemed proud of what she did and ended it. She even showed my nails to the manager, who immediately said how wonderful they looked and asked to put them on their social media page. I thought maybe I was being too much of a perfectionist at first, but the more I looked at them, the more it made me upset that the curves were uneven, and the glitter looked like it accidentally got on there. I spent $40 on a crappy manicure and was too awkward to say I didn't like it." - Reddit user MissCavy
He took away layers of my natural nails.
"I went in to get my gel manicure soaked off and new gels put on. The guy who removed the gel was super rough on my nails and I could see him taking away layers of my actual nail. I asked him to be more gentle and I'm not sure if he ignored me or just didn't hear. Some of my nails are now sore and now I'm concerned about infection." - Reddit user hallelujahhell
My thumbs look like they have chiclets on them.
"I recently moved to my city and went to a local salon that I had heard good things about. My manicurist was a nice older gentleman, who was very personable, but did the worst nails I have ever had, even after I told him three times exactly how I wanted them. He cut them too short, flared the tips, lifted the edges, the tips were uneven, my thumbs look like I have Chiclets on them, he flooded my cuticles with polish, and never evened it out." - Reddit user GreysonHalstead
The polish slid off two hours after my manicure.
"My mom and I went to a salon/spa today for massages and manicures and pedicures. The massages were fantastic, the pedicures were lovely. The manicures were rushed. I guess that the appointment time they gave us did not allow them enough time. My mom was talked into a color she didn't want because they didn't want to use the polish she brought. Then the coats of polish they put on her nails were too thick. She smudged most of them, even after having drying drops and plenty of time for them to have dried.
"My nails were placed in front of a fan between every coat, base coat, two layers of polish, and topcoat. And of course, every single one of my nails is bubble city. I just got home, because we went out for dinner afterwards, it's been two hours since our manicures were completed, and all the polish came off of one finger . Absolutely terrible." - Reddit user dyannnnna
My nails are thin as skin.
"I had my first attempt at gel color at a professional salon. They were quite expensive and the next day they started peeling. I went in again and the lady said I had super oily nails so she buffed them to the point it hurt a little. The gel color looked great for about a week then it started chipping. I took it off with a gel polish remover and my nails are as thin as skin. They hurt when I press them even if just a little. They bend whenever I need to do simple things such as scratch my skin, open lids, etc. I can't even remove my phone case." - Reddit user C0okie_
She tore the skin off of four of my fingers.
"I've never gotten my nails done before, and I wanted to get a French manicure. It cost $45 but I thought they would it be worth it . Everything was great until she sends a swirling metal thing into my cuticle area and starts literally tearing the skin off. My fingers are bleeding and stinging. She tore skin off past the cuticle on my middle finger and tore some pieces here and there on three other fingers. When she realized I was bleeding, she used a weird cloth to put so much pressure on it I thought she was going to break my finger. This whole procedure felt like hours." - Reddit user wistfulgemini
The owner's kids screamed the whole time.
"I planned to have a relaxing hour at the salon. When I walked in I noticed three little kids all under age 6. They were sitting quietly when I walked in, but not five minutes after sitting down the screeching started. I asked the lady doing my nails whose kids they were and she pointed to the owner. I sat there for 30 minutes listening to them scream, cry, and throw things around. I couldn't take it anymore and ended up leaving the salon before the polish was even applied because I was starting to feel like my head would explode. All I wanted was to relax for an hour and have pretty nails for my upcoming trip! Needless to say I will be looking for a new nail salon." - Reddit user ThatOneBAG
The blood stain is trapped under the gel.
"Went to a new nail salon and the lady used super small scissors to remove my cuticles. She made one of my fingers bleed and now there's dark brown blood on the edge of my nail and it's stuck there because of the gels." - Reddit user vanillalattee
I had to go to the ER.
"I went to get my nails done for the first time at a place I was referred to. When the lady started doing my nails, I asked if she was doing a manicure also since I had asked for one. She told me it was too expensive and that she would cut my cuticles at the end anyway, so not to worry about a manicure. After she used the cuticle clipper on my nails, one of them hurt.
"The next day I still felt a slight cut on my finger. I put some antibiotic ointment on it and continued to monitor it. I took a scheduled trip, but did not land until close to midnight. During the flight my finger began swelling and then it began burning. By the time I landed the finger was really swollen and I felt a lot of pressure in it. It was painful, and it was beginning to get puss around the cuticle. I went to the ER because it was the only thing open in the area at the time. They told me it was likely from getting my nails done, and they saw it commonly. The doctor lanced it, drained it, and told me that it was good I came in because it was getting worse." - Reddit user oop-phi
It was an all-around terrible experience.
"I treated myself to a mani/pedi. The nail tech said I must get manicures a lot because my cuticles were perfect. Then she proceeded to keep cutting them. My nails were finally the length I wanted — I work in a restaurant so they break and chip almost daily, it takes twice the time it should for me to grow them out. I asked her to just fix the shape but not take any length off. She took at least ⅛ inch off of every nail. It doesn't seem like a lot, but that was all the nail I really had past my finger.
"She proceeded to paint them, missing sections and not caring that there were fuzzies in the polish. When I asked her to take out the fluffs, she huffed and puffed saying there was nothing wrong with them. When she was done, she put a top coat that was stained pink from red polish on top of my blue, which changed the color. There was polish on my cuticles, which happens, but she didn't clean it at all. I was so shocked and heartbroken to pay for something that I had to go home and redo." - Anonymous Reddit user
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