How do you get acrylic nails off?

I have had professional acrylic nails for the past year, however, the lady that does my nails has gone away on holidays for the next month and my nails are looking really bad, so I was wondering how do I soak them off?





ThanksHow do you get acrylic nails off?
Soak them in Acetone :]





For maybe 10 minutes until they start to dissolve then start to peel them off.How do you get acrylic nails off?
What i do is i get a cottom ball and soak it in nail polish remover then i put one cottom ball over each nail and make the cottom balls stay on by putting foil over them then let them soak in the nail polish remover for as long as possible. and make sure you re soak the cotttom balls every 15 minutes them slide the nails off by pushing the nail up slowly it should come off easily if you soaked then long enough p.s. if you leave fake nails on for too long they will get a gross fungus under your nail! your nail needs oxygen take then off at least once a year and give them some oxygen
All the answers above are correct but nobody mentioned that your real nails are going to peel off with your acrylics - if you peel them off - it's going to hurt, look awful (probably worse than they do now), and they are going to be brittle. The last time I had acrylics I just let them grow out. Yes, it looked bad but it was better than the alternative which looked bad AND hurt. Ever so often you'll bump them on something (during the grow-out period) and a chunk will pop off but the more you peel the worse you'll be + run the risk for fungus and infection. Good Luck. I loved my acrylics but I won't ever do it again.
When i take my acrylics off i prefer going to a nail place and having them do it and getting a manicure. You can do it on your own but your nails are going to be pretty weak and damaged so it would be good to get a manicure u know? I know you said the lady that does them is going away but maybe you can go to a different place just to have them taken off.
first, soak them in nail polish remover for about 2 minutes.





second, get your thumb nail off first, because you can peel the other ones off with the thumb nail. DO NOT RIP THEM OFF!!!





try to pry them off with another nail that's already off.





i hope i helped. ive had acrylic nails for forever. that's how i get them off when they start to look bad.
Your nail lady is going to be gone for an entire month? That's practically unheard of in the nail industry. As nail technicians, the clients we have are our bread %26amp; butter and to leave for a whole month would be very difficult for most techs to do without losing clients to other techs.


Anyway, to answer your question...First a few facts. 1) Acetone nail polish remover is diluted too much with other chemicals to be very effective. You need to get 100% pure acetone. This can be purchased at many different businesses - beauty supply stores, WalMart, even hardware stores carry it. Acetone is acetone, no matter where you buy it or what the label says such as Acrylic Nail Remover, Acetone or whatever. As long as its 100% pure acetone, it will work very well for the removal of acrylic nails. 2) When you remove your nails, do not force them off in any way. This is a sure way to damage your natural nails. And don't let a tech do it to you either. Forcing them off by tearing, or prying them off is not the way to remove acrylic nails - or gel nails either. 3) I saw several answers that mentioned 'fungus.' Well, it is true that a fungal infection could form on your fingernails, but it is unlikely. Fungal infections breed and thrive in warm, humid conditions. The most common place for this to occur is on toenails. Its pretty rare on fingernails though it can happen. What they probably mean to say but didn't know the proper term to use is a bacterial infection. This is usually created by your nails lifting, water seeps inside the little space left between your nail and the acrylic (or gel), and a bacterial infection can, and usually will occur under these conditions. This is most often indicated by a green colored area right under the nail enhancement. It is not anything serious, and does not usually need medical treatment of any sort. The simplest and most effective way of treating this is by cutting off its food supply - the moisture needs to be eliminated. This is done by removing the nail enhancement. The air will dry up the infection, and it will die off in a matter of a day or so. The green color might remain on your nails for a while, but not because they are still infected. Its due to your nails becoming stained from the infection. This will grow out on its own and lessen over time.


Now, to finally answer your question of how to remove your acrylic nails. I'm going to give you a link which describes two popular methods in detail. Its up to you which method you choose - either will work just fine. Follow the instructions, and your nails will some off easy, and pain free. I hope this helps!





http://www.hooked-on-nails.com/productre鈥?/a>
get 2 bowls. in the larger one, heat up some water. then put the smalle one with nail poilish remover into the larger one. this will heat up the remover. you never wanna put the romover in your microwave. soak your nails in it for a little while, they should just soak right off. your nails will b very fragile for a while. or you could go to a different salon and have them take them off.
it's really really hard to do. i would never recommend it, ever. my mom has done it twice and both times regretted it, but for money purposes had to sacrifice it! it was really hard to soak them off, and really time consuming. i'd suggest getting a professional to do it, and then use some nail treatments to grow your nails back and add strength back to them. when my mom took hers off she had this ridgy short thin nails. good luck :)
(submitted via email) I only have the the felt pad removers and I cut them up, taped them to each nail and in 30 minutes, my fake nails were gone. They were a little gooey and the under nail felt dry and weak so put lots of lotion on afterward. Hannah (10/22/2008)





I found that on the internet... goodluck,
You can't really soak them off. I had the exact same situation.. I just filed down my nails today, painted them and now just waiting for them to grow out. Then just file them down again until its just your own nail.
Go to your local drug store or walmart. They sell Acrylic Nail Remover. I have that problems with my nails to sometimes. I have used it before and it works..


It's not high... Good luck.
soak them in olive oil wor 15 minutes. then acetone. wash them, peel the nails off and put lotion on. acetone dries skin.
Soak them in acetone (you can get this from Wal* mart in the nail areas)


or go to the salon and they'll charge you to get them off.
The best way to get them off w/o messing you real nails up is to go to another salon and have them remove them it faster and less painful!
Soak your nails in Pure acetone...The acetone will melt the nail...Get something like one of those hard nail filer type things and push the melted nail off.
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soak them in acetone nail polish remover orr pop them off .to soak them is going to take a while.1 hour at least.
soak them off with a strong nail poilish remover.
nail polish remover
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Check if they are soluable in acitone. If they are, soak them in it for 15-20 min. If not can't help u there.