What do you do when one nail is much shorter?

[sgj99]

How do you deal with your nails if one breaks or splits off very short (such as to the quick)? Do you keep all your other nails the length they are and let the broken one slowly catch up? Or do you file your nails down a little (or a lot) so the catching up part takes a shorter amount of time and the difference in length isn’t so great?

 

[Sferics]

I'll cut them all down. But that is not a big thing for me, because I keep them short(er) in general.

 

[lill_canele]

Depends on how big the difference in length is.
I grow my nails relatively long so when a nail breaks, it often becomes a lot shorter.
I’ll trim my other nails by around 1/3 or 1/2 so it doesn’t look too obvious.
But I won’t cut all my nails short.

 

[Flowerlily]

I'll cut them all down. But that is not a big thing for me, because I keep them short(er) in general.

+1

 

[A1aGypsy]

I go and get it repaired.

 

[Love Of My Life]

I'll cut them all down. But that is not a big thing for me, because I keep them short(er) in general.

That is usually what I would do but I don't have long nails, JMO

 

[shaesbeauty11]

I either file them all to match the same size as the shortest one, or if I have time I go to the nail salon and get gel extension on the nail that broke, of course only if the difference in length is noticeable

 

[2cello]

I usually don’t do anything for a couple of days 🫣 but when I get to it, I file them all down. For me, a broken nail is like a “time to restart and refresh” reminder.

 

[Amazona]

Either file the others down to match the shortest one, or put in a tip and do acrylic or builder gel on top.

 

[IntheOcean]

I have to have all my nails the same length, one nail being shorter would drive me nuts But then again, I always keep my nails relatively short, about 1 mm overhang is the perfect length for me.