A new study finds that UV dryers for gel nail polish can damage DNA and mutate cells, confirming dermatologists' safety concerns. There are precautions you can take and alternatives to consider.

Are UV gel nail polish lamps safe? New study finds link to increased DNA damage. Researchers noted that a long-term study still needs to be done before “stating conclusively” that these ...

Dermatologists answer questions about whether UV nail dryers are safe and what precautions people can take when getting gel manicures January 20, 2023 More than 2 years ago 7 min ...

No UV lamp. While gel polish requires UV lamps to harden, Di Lullo explains that dip powders are air-dried for roughly two minutes per coat and do not require any exposure to UV light.

UV LED nail lamps are very trendy right now, allowing people to quickly wrap up their manicures at the salon or in the ...

Denny reveals that, "Once a gel pedicure is done and your feet go into your shoes, that polish is pretty much untouched until you deliberately take it off. That’s why a gel pedicure can last several ...

Study finds UV nail dryers may put people at increased risk of skin cancer 05:25. Before Karolina Jasko won the Miss Illinois contest in 2018, getting gel manicures had been part of her beauty ...

But gel nail polish needs ultraviolet light to harden, raising worries about the risk of skin cancer when hands, cuticles and nails are regularly exposed to UV rays that can be more powerful than ...

In a study published this week, researchers link ultraviolet lamps, commonly used to cure and dry gel nail polish, to skin cancer, cell death and potentially irreversible damage to DNA.

Not all gel nail polishes require an LED or UV nail lamp to harden (meaning you just paint ‘em on with a base coat and top coat, then live your life), but that also means they don’t last as ...

A new study found that exposure to the UV light can kill cells and cause mutations that are typically seen in skin cancer Ultraviolet (UV) nail polish dryers, typically used for gel manicures, can ...