Gel Vs Acrylic which is best?

[Manhattan]

I'm no expert, and havent had my nails done in over 2 years, but from what I know, Gels are better for your real nails, and Acrylics tend to do a bit of damage but they do have better staying power. I tried gels a couple of times, but reverted back to acrylics simply because they lasted longer.

Hth

[Party-of-five]

Im booked in on thursday for a set of acrylics, I was looking into whats the best and I found that ppl had there own prefrences. I went with acrylics because from what I can gather they are the strongest im so looking forward to having pretty nails insead of my short ones

[helle]

I've had gels and they destroyed my nails. Dunno about acrylics tho. Maybe ask the therapist when you go in? ... And come back and tell us, I've been toying with the idea of getting some too