Are gel manicures bad for you? The Science

Do UV nail lamps used for gel manicures cause cancer, or skin aging? And what's with allergies? We're looking at the science of these tanning-bed-looking-things today

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0:00 UV wavelength and dose
2:14 How gel polish works
4:47 UV lamp studies
5:30 Which wavelengths?
6:52 What doses?
8:50 Beauty science nerd tip: conflicts of interest, study designs
10:56 Lamps and skin cancer
12:52 Case reports
13:37 Lamps and skin aging
15:00 Melanoma cases?
15:33 What should you do?
16:18 New studies?
18:10 A scarier risk
19:35 How to minimise risk

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