MMA nails are very rigid and do not bend or have the flexibility to break. When broken they break the natural nail with it, causing severe nail damage. Licensed nail technicians have see the damage that nail drills have done to the natural nail. Holes in nail beds, torn and ripped cuticles, deep ridges in the nail beds, and the finger so sore the nail cannot be touched. Consumers state that they cry during these nail services because of the pain.
Consumers state that one bowl of remover is used for all consumers.
When consumer walks into a discount salon, they put their hands in a bowl that has been used by all consumers that day. Consumers state that the same file and buffer is used on all consumers. A sixteen year old girl had to receive an aids test because of the nail damage she received after going to a discount salon. Technicians have reported seeing blood under the acrylic. The discount salons put acrylic on top of the blood after damaging the consumers fingers.