"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I know this might sound crazy coming from a beauty writer, but I truly dread going to the nail salon.

Current evidence shows skin cancer risk from UV gel-drying lamps is low — but not zero. For those with repeated exposure, experts recommend using sunscreen. The gel nail polish ingredient ...

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 longer ...

Before Karolina Jasko won the Miss Illinois contest in 2018, getting gel manicures had been part of her beauty routine all through high school. Not anymore. Jasko, a former Miss Illinois who competed ...

Shiny, durable, chip-resistant and ideal for masking nail imperfections, gel manicures have become a regular part of many people’s beauty routines. But gel nail polish needs ultraviolet light to ...

If you've ever opted for gel polish at the salon, you're probably used to drying your nails beneath a UV lamp. And perhaps you've found yourself waiting and wondering: How safe are these? Researchers ...

A recent European Union ban on a key ingredient in gel nail polish has raised safety worries over a popular mani-pedi trend.

UV nail dryers used for gel manicures can cause permanent mutations in human cells associated with a risk of cancer, new research has found. The gel manicure has become highly popular in recent years, ...