For some Japanese ladies, it seems that the more elaborately decorated their nails are the better, with last year’s ‘Nail Queen’ winner Kumi Koda amply demonstrating such adornments.
![kumi koda](https://www.tokyotimes.org/archives/kumi_koda051.jpg)
Yet whilst this form of fashion may on the whole be nothing more than a bit of frivolous fun, it does appear to have a darker side, with some practitioners having to sink to sickening depths to remove decidedly stubborn designs.
![Japanese beauty product](https://www.tokyotimes.org/archives/nail_remover.jpg)
DanB says
I could never understand why Kumi Koda was so popular.
Looking at that picture I think I get it now!!
Tudza says
If read the label correctly, it is a least gentle nail remover.