Porous artificial nail

摘要

An artificial fingernail/extension for attachment to a natural fingernail having an upper surface. The artificial nail comprises a flexible polymeric body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface contacting the natural fingernail upper surface. The body is sized to provide a forward extension from the natural fingernail. The artificial fingernail further comprises a plurality of pores dispersed throughout the body, the pores adapted to quickly wick liquid adhesive throughout the body, from the body upper surface toward the body lower surface, wherein the adhesive contacts substantially the entire upper fingernail surface in contact with the body lower surface to form an integral bond therebetween. A method for applying an artificial fingernail/extension onto a natural fingernail having an upper surface comprises the step of applying an amount of liquid adhesive onto the porous body upper surface, wherein the amount of adhesive applied is sufficient to contact substantially the entire upper fingernail surface in contact with the body lower surface to form an integral bond therebetween.