"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Regular nail polish will always be a mainstay for me, but I also don’t see myself breaking up with gel ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shiny, durable, chip-resistant and ideal for masking nail imperfections, gel manicures have become a regular part of many people’s ...

Ladies, you might want to make sure you’re sitting down for this one. Especially, if love you to head to the nail shop to get your weekly gel manicures. A new study published in Nature Communications ...

A typical salon manicure involves drying freshly painted nails under a lamp that emits ultraviolet-A (UV-A) rays -- a spectrum of light long linked to skin cancers. But a new study suggests that the ...

A big question surrounding gel manicures is if the UV nail lamp used to cure the polish is safe for the skin. This topic has long been debated, with numerous studies over the last few decades ...

A new study found that exposure to the UV light can kill cells and cause mutations that are typically seen in skin cancer Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined ...

Gel manicure fans may want to sit down for this one. A new study found ultraviolet drying lamps used for gel and shellac manicures damage DNA and cause mutations in cells. “If you look at the way ...

New research shows that UV-nail polish dryers, typically used to cure gel manicures, can cause DNA damage in your hands. UV rays are known to cause skin cancer at high exposures, but very little ...

UV-emitting nail polish dryers used to cure the chemicals used in gel manicures can damage DNA and cause cell death and cancer-causing mutations in human cells. A new study from the University of ...

We must admit to wondering how Adafruit’s [Becky Stern] gets anything done with those fingernails of hers. They’re always long and beautifully painted without any chips, dings, or dents. As it turns ...