Woman Drying Nails in UV Lamp. Manicure Treatment. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation is known to cause skin damage, including skin cancer. Now, new research has raised questions about the safety of ...

Before Karolina Jasko won the Miss Illinois contest in 2018, getting gel manicures had been part of her beauty routine all through high school. Not anymore. Jasko, a former Miss Illinois who competed ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — UV lights are used for quick dry and to cure gel nails at a lot of salons these days. But should patrons be concerned about the risk? "I sell mostly in jewelry business so I have ...

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If you've ever opted for gel polish at the salon, you're probably used to drying your nails beneath a UV lamp. And perhaps you've found yourself waiting and wondering: How safe are these? Researchers ...

A January study published in the scientific academic journal, Nature Communications, found that exposure to ultraviolet A in UV-nail polish dryers can damage DNA and lead to permanent mutations in ...

Some new research shines a light on how using nail-polish dryers could increase a person’s risk of getting skin cancer. The study published in the journal Nature Communications last month looked at ...

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation is known to cause skin damage, including skin cancer. Now, new research has raised questions about the safety of nail dryers, which use UV light to dry and cure gel ...

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