It all started innocently enough: The teen, who’d never worn nail polish before, began watching YouTube tutorials to learn how to do it herself. She noticed that many of the nail artists she saw had long nails, and so she was “inspired” to see how far she could take it. “I guess you could say my addiction began that day, and I’ve been scared of nail clippers ever since,” she said. “It wasn’t my intention to grow them so long, but as they grew, so did the amount of compliments and they became more and more a part of me.”