25 years in the profession and this happens with stronger polishes, and Gels, gelpolish, acrylics and others like those. I don't suggest leaving anything on your nails longer than 2 weeks

This has happened to me.

As a result I now skip polish during the colder
months and do pedis with no polish.

This happened to me on my toenails from regular Essie polish. I’ve been toe-polish-free since early September and the white is still there but has partly grown out (so apparently the white will have to fully grow out versus fading). This didn’t happen when I was younger, and I probably more regularly painted my toenails then (although I painted them myself back then, and starting in my late 30s shifted to salon pedicures).

This happens to me with Deborah Lippman and Kur nail polishes. My nail salon says they have never heard of it happening to anyone else. I am in the middle of trying to grow out my damaged toenails.

I just have to be consistent about taking polish breaks very two weeks to avoid it.

Anonymous wrote:This happens to my nails from gel manis/pedis, too. Nor does any salon ever give me advice to break from gel after using it 1-2 times in a row. I don’t think many nail salons are good at the education piece.

Can you remove dazzle dry yourself, or do you need to go to the salon for removal like a gel mani? that alone might make it worth seeking out (with the caveat to take breaks between the manis- thank you, OP!).

Of course they don't tell you to take a break from it; they want to charge you for yet another gel mani.

Anonymous wrote:This happened to me when I used the Essie nail polish that lasts longer in the twist bottle. White spots/ lines all over toenails and fingernails.

This has been happening to me with Expressie too. It just really dries the nails out. I am going to try using a base coat this time and see if it helps. I really like this polish, it truly dries quickly but it also lasts me for almost a week and looks great.