When drying your manicure with a UV lamp, your nails are protected thanks to the thick coat of gel polish, Dr. Mariwalla tells us. "So in that sense, I don't think those lamps damage the nails per ...

Now, new research has raised questions about the safety of nail dryers, which use UV light to dry and cure gel nail polish. Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI.

A shiny, long-lasting, chip-resistant manicure can still be yours even if you don’t want to use a UV lamp to cure your nails. Just choose a gel-effect polish, like any of the ones featured below ...

It cures with natural light (no UV lamp required) and bonds to your nail polish for an ultra-glossy, gel-like finish. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Best Fast-Drying Gel Top Coat ...

Gel nail polish is popular for its durability, but needs to dry under a UV light. A new study raises questions about the potential health risks of those devices. StockPlanets/Getty Images hide caption ...

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 ...

Researchers say the nail polish dryers that use ultraviolet (UV) light to cure the gel polish emit possibly dangerous rays. These rays might lead to cell death and cancer-causing mutations in ...

To help get your at-home gel manicures to dry and cure even faster, we've pulled together the best UV lamps for nails that are actually worth the buy.

Since gel polish is cured with UV or LED lamps, it’s much more durable in comparison to traditional nail polish. However, as with many things that seem too good to be true, there are a few caveats.

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 ...

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 ...