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- December 15, 2022 at 2:37 pm #701630
I’m getting to the point where am I wanting to try working on presenting a more polished (pun not intended) appearance to my hands. However, I have these nasty vertical ridges on my nails.
Any recommendations on how to treat them, fill them in, whatever….so that when I go to apply polish it comes out nice and smooth?
- December 15, 2022 at 3:04 pm #701640
Hi Lillith,
You might want to buff your nails before you polish them.
– Robyn
- December 15, 2022 at 4:00 pm #701648
I don’t bother with doing my nails: no one looks anyway
- December 15, 2022 at 4:18 pm #701654
I picked up a lot of tips by getting manicure/pedicure and paying close attention to the nail tech.
You can learn a lot by watching…
good luck out there!
xoxo
Rayna
- December 15, 2022 at 7:32 pm #701678
Hi Lillith, well, like you I have those nasty ridges, and as winter and dryer air comes, so does the cracking or splitting of my nails right at the ridges. This past summer, in the nice humidity, I was able to let some of them grow, not to model length, but much longer than I normally see them because of the ridges and I was a little more careful (all I have to do is bump my hand, fingers extended, and there goes one of my nails, having to cut it all the way back or the split will just extend, yuch!). In fact, looking at all 10 fingers right now, I can already tell where the ridge splits will take place <sigh>. One of our daughters who lives out of state is a licensed nail tech, and I keep forgetting to ask her what I should do. Next time we’re down there (later this winter) I’ll definitely ask and share her thoughts.
Hugs, ChloëC
- December 15, 2022 at 8:30 pm #701682
Buff your nails daily. Eventually the ridges will go away.
- December 15, 2022 at 10:47 pm #701691
I, too, have those horrible vertical ridges. A good friend on CDH recommended I try the “O·P·I Brilliance” block, so I bought one at Amazon. It’s as light as a feather and didn’t seem to be abrasive enough to sand down these very pronounced ridges I have. I was skeptical.
But with a little bit of buffing work on each nail, I was surprised how well it worked (at least, for me). Buff each nail hard in a horizontal motion using the most abrasive side (the light blue side), then polish with the “white side”.
I actually had to STOP using the product because it made my nails TOO smooth and shiny!! You see, I’m ultra-closeted and stealth to my family, and one day my mother commented on how shiny my nails were!! I went home and immediately roughed up my nails with fine sandpaper, really screwing them up! But I just can’t risk having girly-looking fingernails while drab.
Hope this helps.
- December 16, 2022 at 11:28 am #701844
Thanks Camryn! Order placed and should have on Monday. Looking forward to smooth nails! 🙂
- December 16, 2022 at 1:31 pm #701858
You can also try acrylic press-on or glue-on nails to cover up the ridges.
- December 16, 2022 at 2:42 pm #701871
Sometimes I will use one of the fine sanding blocks (can’t remember the brand name), but I suspect that they are all pretty similar. However, if done too often it will thin the nail too much and weaken it.
I find the the ESSIE products fill pretty well. With their base cost, 2 coats of polish and a quick setting coat, everything self-levels and the result is quite even…
- December 17, 2022 at 8:54 am #702014
If it’s still around, Nail Tek ridge filling base coat works for me. Even on its own with no other polish, it hides the ridges on my nails.
- December 20, 2022 at 4:37 pm #702827
I have the ridges. But one nail splits with the length of the nail. Have been using a false nail to keep it from splitting to far. Any advice would be appreciated. Hugs, Allysa
- December 21, 2022 at 8:39 am #702992
Buffing and then apply a clear polish. It is not too obvious, but protects the nails, and with time reduces broken and split nails. I had a full length crack on a toe nail that I couldn’t resolve. It would partially grow out, then split again all the way to the cuticle. The above solved the issue.
- December 22, 2022 at 3:50 am #703181
Hi Lil-
Most of us get that. It’s an aging thing.There are supplements that may help.
File, buff, file, buff…as the others have suggested.
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