I wore the artificial acrylic nails for over 30 years. But they are getting so expensive now that I can't afford them anymore, so I decided to take them off and try to grow my own. It has definitely been a challenge as they keep growing out and breaking off, because they were so thin and damaged. Then when they did finally grow out, I had a lot of ridges so I filed them off, which may have been a mistake, because I think it thinned them out more and made them break easy again. It's taken about a...