“I was so embarrassed — I’d literally never thought about it before.”

While you’d possibly presume that people with ridiculously long nails are inviting gross bacteria into their lives, Kayla Newman, a nail tech based in North Carolina, insists that in years of working her clients have never had ‘nasty nails’.

“Generally people who have long nails know how to maneuver with them and keep them clean,” she said.

“If you’re spending upwards of $60 to get your nails done and you don’t keep them clean, that doesn’t make sense.”

I mean, she has a point.