Woman horrified as green mould sprout from nails thanks to back-to-back acrylics
For some, nails are a non-negotiable beauty treatment they fork out monthly for - but one woman was left mortified when her acrylics led to 'mouldy fungus' sprouting out of her nails.
Phoebe Sheppard got back-to-back acrylic manicures, and is now warning those who are getting them done for Christmas to be careful, after her last set of festive manicures left her with green fingers, to rival the Grinch. Phoebe flaunted £30 floral acrylic nails for a fortnight, then the 19-year-old returned to the salon to get a new style painted on ahead of last Christmas. The infill cost her £25 - but when she had the festive nails removed in January this year, she discovered her talons were covered in green "mouldy" splodges.
Phoebe was left mortified when she got her festive nails removed (Kennedy News/@pheebs_elizabeth)
The green splodges were not what she expected to see (Kennedy News/@pheebs_elizabeth)The green spots are a fungus that had grown under them from water getting trapped under the acrylics. After making the gross discovery, Phoebe went to a pharmacy for advice and was handed a fungal serum to apply to her infected nails.
But when her blotches didn't disappear after using the ointment and trying several other remedies, the teenager had no choice but to leave the spots to grow out on their own. Phoebe said she spent two months "embarrassed" by her nails as she waited for the patches to grow out, and she even said that her pals teased her for having "mouldy" claws. The beauty-loving teen is now urging people to give their nails a chance to 'breathe' between manicures to avoid the same fate this Christmas.
Phoebe, from Birmingham, said: "After getting my first set of acrylics in October for my birthday, the nail lady told me it was okay for me to keep getting them infilled instead of having them removed every time. It was only after having them infilled twice that she suggested I had a fresh set put on and this is when I found the green spots on my nails.
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"I was just using everything I could to treat it but nothing was working so I just had to wait for it to grow out. They didn't hurt at all but it was a bit embarrassing having funny-looking nails for a while. Lots of my friends joked that I had mouldy nails. I think lots of people looked at my nails and thought I was really dirty but I was washing my hands a lot and this is how it happened by getting moisture trapped down my nails.
Phoebe had to wait for the green spots to grow out - and her pals teased her (Kennedy News/@pheebs_elizabeth)"It was just not a very nice thing to look at. At first look, they just looked mouldy or dirty. It took a few months for them to fully grow out. I had a green splodge on every single nail, it was in the same spot on every single nail."
After posting a video online, stunned Phoebe said she received conflicting advice over her nails, with her technician reassuring her it was "normal", while horrified social media users urged her to get treatment. After researching her symptoms, Phoebe now believes the green spots were caused by moisture getting trapped under her nails, which is known as chloronychia or green nail syndrome - often caused by a bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which causes the green discolouration.
"It's when the acrylic isn't completely sealed onto your nails and moisture gets in. It's completely put me off having acrylics done", she shared. "I would say to people to not get their nails infilled more than once. You need to let your nails breathe [and have them taken off] so moisture doesn't get stuck down them. Greens on your nails can be normal but it isn't normal to get them on every nail like I did and in the same spot."
In the comments of the video, one person urged her to "change nail technician", with another writing: "That's due to moisture under the acrylics lovely. Nails don't actually need a break." Someone else penned: "This is why I paint them at home now."
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