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No, it doesn't involve menstruation.

I'm wondering about the differences between UV nails, gel nails, wrapped nails, acrylic nails, etc. Don't be alarmed; I just wonder if anyone could educate me about the relative pros and cons of today's manicure technology. These things change so fast...a girl's gotta work hard to keep up.

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Okay, armed with what jaiwitchy said (thanks!), I did a google search on UV nails and here's what I found:

1. UV light treatment ... sets Rio UV gel for strong, beautiful, natural looking extensions which last and last, allowing your nails to grow freely underneath. UV gel can also be used without extension tips to strengthen your own natural nails, promoting longer, stronger nails which don’t split or peel.

2. Uses UV technology normally only available in a professional salon. Rio UV gel reacts with UV light to create very strong, natural-looking nail extensions allowing your natural nail to grow freely underneath.

So, it seems like this is a special kind of gel (used by snazzy Brazilian women, as a complement to their most excellent wax jobs, perhaps) that overcomes the weaknesses of "simple" gel nails by baking one's nails under UV light -- like a tooth-whitening treatment. Very interesting stuff.

Thank you for participating in this expansion of worldly knowledge.

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Last summer when we were in Boston,

kittenpants needed her Extendo-Nails™ redone; so we ventured forth for a local shop, and lo, one was found up on Newbury Street.

She described the same process you're talking about; they actually paint the nail on with a gel substance, then stick it under a UV lamp and it hardens before your eyes. She could probably explain a little better than I could, being a primary source and all...