UV nail dryers are a staple in salons, designed to cure gel manicures by emitting UV light in a specific spectrum (340-395 nm ...

Getting a gel manicure may be less safe than many think. Researchers say the nail polish dryers that use ultraviolet (UV) light to cure the gel polish emit possibly dangerous rays. These rays ...

time under UV dryers, there are some nail polish alternatives to consider. Some brands make long-lasting, fast-drying gel polish that don't need to be cured by UV light. You can also opt for dip ...

While tanning beds use a different spectrum of UV light (280-400nm) that studies have proven to be carcinogenic, or cancer-causing, the spectrum used in the nail dryers has not been extensively ...

A new study from the University of California San Diego has found that UV-emitting nail polish dryers used to cure the chemicals used in gel manicures may cause cancer. Ultraviolet (UV) light has ...

cautioned users from using UV nail polish dryers too frequently. UV light is a type of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength ranging between ten nm and 400 nm. Researchers consistently find ...

When researchers exposed human and mice cells to UV light from nail dryers for 30 minutes, about 20% to 30% of them died. After three consecutive 20-minute sessions, 65% to 70% of exposed cells ...

Ultraviolet A light (315 to 400 nanometers), found in sunlight, penetrates the skin more deeply and is commonly used in UV nail dryers, which have become popular over the past decade. Tanning beds ...

ATLANTA - Get a popular gel manicure, and you are going to spend some time under a UV-nail polish dryer to cure the gel and harden the polish. The lamps harden the gel, so that the polish lasts ...

"And in light of the study, I think it should convince people even more to use caution." Maria Zhivagui of UC San Diego was among the researchers who looked at the effects of nail dryer UV ...