What should I do if I’m using BIAB with forms and the gel is still sticky underneath the nail, even after curing?

Our answer – If you’re extending with BIAB, remember it’s ideal for *short* extensions.

If the BIAB is sticky underneath after curing, you have a curing issue. Duh, but for real this shouldn’t be happening. How thin is your application? Some highly pigmented gels may not cure all the way through anything other than a thin layer but if you’re using the right lamp, and applying at the right thickness, there should be no stickiness underneath after cure.

Either way, when it DOES happen, cure the nail, then carefully remove the form, cure again with the hand upside down to ensure a safe cure, and then wipe off the inhibition layer.

That’s the one confusing part – once you cure it without the form, it WILL be sticky, because gel that is in contact with oxygen doesn’t cure – leading the the inhibition layers we’re all familiar with. So after curing upside down you will gain an inhibition layer but you will have also ensured safe curing of the rest of the extended edge.

Bare in mind though that if the issue is the lamp or thickness of application, you may have adhesion issues as the nail bed application will likely still be under cured. Under curing can lead to life long allergies and extremely uncomfortable reactions so your priority should absolutely be fixing the issue, not masking the symptom.