Chick Stuff - Nails and Lasers

Saturday, February 26, 2011
Requisite Manly, Manly Image


Gel, and Not the Kind You Eat

A week ago I decided I was going to give the whole fake nails thing one more try. My friend Stacey was raving about how fabulous she had found her gel nails. I've always been somewhat ambivalent about fake nails- they're expensive and a pain the ass to maintain, and in almost all cases they look fake. But, technology has advanced, and I didn't want to be all "get off my lawn" about it, so off I went to have them applied.

My criteria's really pretty simple - I didn't want them to look like ass after the first week:


Pros: I like the clean look of the white tips, and they're strong as hell.

Cons: The cuticles are starting to look raggedy, and the edges of the gel near the cuticles is lifting just enough to show a difference in color between the edge and the main body of the nail.

I'll probably get them filled once or twice in order to form a long term opinion about them before I make up my mind about keeping them or not. But for now: Meh.

Laser, Light Saber, Whatever - Just Keep That Woman Away From Me

So I've been going to the clinic every 8 weeks or so to get laser tattoo removal treatment on a tattoo I no longer want. The first treatment went pretty well, and I went back a couple months later for the second. The technician who worked on me the first time wasn't there, so I was assigned to another woman.Well, I'm not sure what her problem was, but the tattooed area was a big bloody mess for a week after her treatment. It also took forever to heal, and there's a couple of specks of scarring, as well.

Needless to say, I complained about that experience, and I'm now permanently assigned to the woman who gave me my first treatment. I had my third treatment yesterday, and while it still smarts (it is a laser burn, after all), it's not bloody and looks more akin to what the first treatment looked like.* The tattoo itself is starting to look smudgy and faded, which is the point. Unfortunately I'll be in mid-treatment when we leave for our FABULOUS HAWAIIAN VACATION, but I'm finding the older I get, the less I give a good goddamn about stuff like that.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.


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*No, I'm not going to post photos until the treatment is done, especially not immediately following a session. Because it's gross, you see.

3 comments:

Phiala said...

I'll take the Macallan, thanks.

Never had fake nails of any sort, and keep mine very short. Rarely polish them, never had a manicure. Never had laser treatment for anything.

I'm just not a girly sort of girl.

mom in northern said...

Love that you included my grand dog in the shot of your "nails".

The Mechanicky Gal said...

I'll be able to update you on the SLOW progress of my latest tattoo removal when i SEE YOU THURSDAY.
Let's just say that green ink takes FOREVER to get gone.
Overall, I am very pleased with the results, but never had the light-saber mess.
Your nails look really good!