I just go to a brand new nail tech. She has used both gel and acrylic on my nails. The gel is way better. But as for the people who say that their nails are paper thin. Where your nail techs using files to make your nails more rough, or where they using the dremmil tool . If your nail tech is using a dremmil tool on your nails throw her to the curb and find a nail tech who will only use a file on your real nails. There should be no reason that when you take off your nails that they should be paper thin. And if your nail tech has the right training she would know that.
I am glad that I found this tech. She is the greatest girl, and she told me stuff that I did not know about my nail. I don't know what I would do with out her.