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WHILE there are many manicure trends and treatments that are worth saving a penny for, some should be left to the professionals.

One content creator has warned people not to try a viral manicure trend at home because it left her own nails itching and breaking.

Karissa Wampler started her TikTok video with a bold “DO NOT GET SCAMMED BY THIS TREND” warning.

“Y’all are getting Krissed right now. You know that little Gel-X TikTok trend?” she asked.

“The girls that are saying like, ‘Oh, just go to Walgreens, get some press-on nails, and then cure it with Gel-X,’” Karissa explained before cutting herself off.

“Take it out of your Amazon cart right now! Don’t do it!” she yelled.

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Gel-X is a soft gel nail extension system and product. It can be purchased for as low as $10 from drug stores or upwards of $120 for kits online.

But if used incorrectly, it can cause serious damage.

Karissa was referencing the current dangerous trend to “cure” or set press-on or acrylic colored nails using Gel-X polish and at-home flash lamps.

“I did it. Yeah, my nails looked great until they started itching so bad that I had to literally pour almost boiling water on my fingers just to try to ease the pain,” she shared, showing off her current short nails.

She begged TikTok not to take down her video for graphic language because she wanted to educate girls who might experience similar pain if they follow the trend.

Text on the screen read: “It was horrible unbearable itching and I was getting blisters and holes on my fingers.”

“Then my fingernails were so squishy underneath, they were falling off,” Karissa added.

More text read: “Wearing uncured gel = gel allergy and PAIN.”

“Gel is not going to cure if there’s designs on those nails, okay,” she said, adding: “It cannot go through designed nails. It needs to be clear for the gel to set.”

She then explained that a reaction like the one she had isn’t only temporary.

“You’re gonna be allergic for the rest of your life! You can never ever go to the nail salon again and get gel or you’re gonna have the most uncomfortable itching you ever felt in your entire life,” she said.

While there were skeptics in her comment section, nail technicians shared their expertise to back up Karissa’s claim.

“Uncured gel has many many allergens that only go away once fully cured. When you do the press-on trick, the gel is only partly cured,” one nail tech said.

Karissa commented that she shared her bad experience because of a TikTok originally made by a licensed nail technician who goes by @AmberTheNailWhisperer.

In that video, Amber further explained that the UV light you use must be strong enough, and most products sold for home use are not.

“Sure, you probably get it 50 percent cured and it’s hard enough and it stays. But 50 percent cured isn’t fully cured and you’re leaving yourself open to developing an allergy to gel products.”

Karissa’s comments were full of people sharing their own negative experiences using Gel-X, whether with colored press-ons or weak heating lamps.

“I’m allergic to gel and I promise you don’t want this!!! I’m talking about burning skin, itchy skin, peeling and cracking skin,” one said.

Others were shocked by the warning since they were preparing to hop on the trend themselves.

“Just ordered $80 worth of press-ons, gel, and gel lamp two days ago,” one person said while another added: “Not me going to empty my cart.”

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