Your lifestyle: If you have a very active lifestyle, you may want to choose acrylic nails, as they are the most durable option. Your nail type: If you have weak or brittle nails, you may want to choose gel or dip nails, as they are less likely to damage your natural nails.

The nail tip or free edge is the free part of the nail bed and protrudes beyond the end of the finger. How far is a matter of taste. This is the most vulnerable part of the nail and can easily be damaged by impact, incorrect filing, etc.

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Fingernails and toenails are made from skin cells. Structures that are made from skin cells are called skin appendages. Hairs are also skin appendages. The part that we call the nail is technically known as the “nail plate.” The nail plate is mostly made of a hard substance called keratin.