What no one tells you about gel

3 in 4 women report side effects after gel.

Updated 23 October 2026

So — what are your nails trying to tell you?

Self-questionnaire of 2,118 women · Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2020

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Free, no catch. The founding visit comes later — only if you choose to, when you visit.

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What you'll learn

In thirty seconds, you'll know exactly:

  • Whether your nails are healthy — or quietly being damaged
  • Why they keep peeling, splitting, or refusing to grow
  • The one habit thinning your nails (that you're probably still doing)
  • Exactly what would bring them back

“I just want nails I don't have to hide.”

The thing we hear most

Let's start here

What bothers you most about your nails?

Tap one — it takes you straight to your scan.

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Why we can tell you the truth

We built India's first nail wellness studio.

In Kilpauk. Built to a standard we couldn't find anywhere else — so we wrote our own. This is what makes a Based reading different:

134°C
Class-B sterilisationMedical-grade. Every tool, every time.
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Single-use, sealedOpened in front of you. Touched no one else.
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No shared productDecanted for you alone. The jar stops with you.

From the people opening it

We only just opened — so we can't show you a hundred reviews yet.

What we can show you is exactly how we treat your hands: every tool sterilised, nothing shared, a proper look before anything is done.

Akanksha, co-founder of Based Aesthetics

“I got tired of salons that rushed and reused. So we built the one I'd want my own sister to walk into.”

— Akanksha, Based Aesthetics

Clinical nail science · Class-B hygiene · We wrote the standard

Know your nails in 30 seconds

A photo of your nails. That's all it takes.

No app. No salon visit. No cost.

  1. i

    One photo

    Your hand, palm down, in daylight.

  2. ii

    We read it

    Surface, plate, cuticle and colour.

  3. iii

    Your reading

    A link that’s yours to keep.

Your photo is private. Our AI reads it, and we keep it with your reading so we can see how your nails change over time — only our studio team can open it, and it is never posted. Ask at [email protected] and we delete both within 30 days.

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A sample reading

Here's what yours will look like.

Personal to your photo. Honest, never alarmist — just what we see.

Based · Nail ReadingSample
A hand with bare natural nails on a beige background
Surface
Fine vertical ridges · light dehydration
Plate
Slight thinning at the tips, from past gel
Cuticle
Healthy, a little dry

What we seeGood condition overall, with early wear from removals — very reversible.

Where we'd startA strengthening treatment and regular cuticle care to bring back resilience.

A cosmetic guide, not a medical diagnosis. Your reading is built from your photo — yours will read differently.

A few things worth knowing

Three things most women are never told.

No blame, no scare tactics — just what we notice most, and what it really means.

  1. If your nails feel thinner than a year ago —

    It wasn't the gel. It was how it came off.

    Peeled or scraped off, gel lifts real layers of keratin with it — layers your nail took months to build.

  2. If you've watched them use a worn-down file —

    That file can never be clean again.

    Once it touches a client it carries into everyone after. There's no sterilising it. Single-use is the only safe standard.

  3. If you can't seem to stop getting gel —

    That's the damage talking.

    Each removal leaves the nail thinner, and the next coat hides it. The cycle is breakable — once someone reads it properly.

Before you start

Our promise to you

  • It's completely free. No payment now, no card, nothing to download.
  • No sales calls. No spam. Your reading opens on screen, with a link to keep — that's it.
  • The reading is yours to keep. No pressure, no follow-up you didn't ask for — just an honest look.

Introducing · The Founding 100

Become one of The Founding 100.

The first hundred guests to book any service become The Founding 100 — looked after first, and for life. Your founding visit comes loaded with everything below:

Hands and natural nails at Based Aesthetics
Your founding visit includes
Nail-health analysis with our specialist₹1,500
Red light therapy session₹1,200
Esthetica facial mask to finish₹800
20% off your first service — locked for life₹1,000
Total value₹4,500 Yours, free

+ BonusThe First-Timer's Gentle Start — never done this before? Your visit is unhurried, judgment-free, and explained at every step. No question too small.

Why give all this away? We're new in Kilpauk — and we'd rather spend on a hundred women who walk in and feel it than on ads strangers scroll past. Earn The Founding 100, and word does the rest.

37 of 100 founding places claimed

63 remaining · places are held in studio, with a booked service

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Before you ask

Three honest answers.

Is it really free?

Yes — the scan and your reading cost nothing. The ₹4,500 founding visit comes with any service you book, for the first hundred.

Will you spam me?

No. Your reading opens on screen, with a link to keep. At most one follow-up on WhatsApp. No sales calls, no daily messages. You're in control.

What if I've never had a manicure?

Perfect — then you've never been let down by one either. The scan is the gentlest possible start, and your founding visit begins with a proper, unhurried look.

One photo

Know your nails in thirty seconds.

Find out what your nails actually need — free, in thirty seconds — and take the first step toward nails you stop hiding, and start showing.

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Your reading opens on screen, with a link to keep. A cosmetic guide, not a medical diagnosis. For any health concern, consult a doctor.

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