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Nail drying lampWhat’s not to love about a fresh, long-lasting gel/no-chip manicure or pedicure, right?

You may need to rethink this – important new research says getting too many of them may hurt your health.

According to a new study, constant use of nail drying lamps that emit ultraviolet-A (UV-A) rays exposes your skin to a “spectrum of light long linked to skin cancers.”

“Considering the low UV-A energy exposure in an average manicure visit, multiple visits would be required to reach the threshold for potential DNA damage” that might spur cancer, wrote a team reporting their findings April 30 in JAMA Dermatology.

In the study, researchers led by Dr. Lyndsay Shipp of the department of dermatology at Georgia Regents University, used high-tech meters to measure the UV-A light exposures upon hands held in various positions under 17 different types of drying lamps. The researchers conducted the study at 16 nail salons.

Can Nail Salons Cause…Cancer?  was originally published on elev8.com

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