Do you notice all the tiny holes in the gel, once it has set ? It’s like whatever is underneath penetrates it.
Now as I said, these gel tops are really tough to remove and whatever is going on underneath, is really painful. It’s like when you start to interfere with it, it releases some enzyme, which might as well be acid, as it hurts like crazy, getting straight to the nerve.
Once you get this ‘gel top’ off, it’s the weirdest thing, it’s definately not skin, as it’s like looking through plastic but, the reason it’s so difficult to get off, is that it has loads of spine-like things, growing into your tissue underneath, check this out!