Ever since I started growing out my nails longer a few years ago, the skin under my nails has grown with it. It's kind of hard to show in pictures but now it's annoyingly long and extends way past my fingerips. From my googling it looks like frequent gel manicures can cause this, but I've never used gel polish. I want to go back to short nails, but it's impossible to trim them short right now. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?
Current routine: manicure every 1- 2 weeks including filing and gentle cuticle removal. I use cuticle oil a few times a day and gently push my proximal nail fold back every couple days.
Polish in the picture (even though you can barely see it lol): Mooncat midsummer night's dream, Holo Taco menchie the cat on ring finger
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You can gently push it back slowly over a number of days. VERY gently, like EXTREMELY gently, with a silicone cuticle pusher and well oiled skin.
The overgrowth isn’t a result of gel or anything. It just happens sometimes when you grow out, and leave your nails longer. In my experience, it gives a little more reinforcement/strength to your nails when they’re longer. They’ll shrink back as you cut your nails shorter. Usually if you cut it so that your nails are just slightly shorter than the growth, it’ll pull back. You can start cutting your nails shorter then.