{"id":27340,"date":"2017-06-27T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T09:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/?p=27340"},"modified":"2017-06-29T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:13:23","slug":"gel-manicures-increase-chances-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/gel-manicures-increase-chances-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Gel Manicure Increase Risk For Cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27344 size-full\" title=\"Can Gel Manicure Increase Risk For Cancer?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/rsz_shutterstock_405001501.jpg\" alt=\"Can Gel Manicure Increase Risk For Cancer?\" width=\"630\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The light boxes emitting UVA radiations, used for gel manicures, could increase the risk for cancer, study suggests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-A recent study was focussed on evaluating the risk of gel used in the manicure with the increased risk of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>-The findings of the study suggested that the lamps and boxes that are used to seal the nail polish professionally emit a high level of UV-A radiations (which play a key role in cancer development).<\/p>\n<p>-Though a study conducted in 2014 suggested that\u00a0the level of UVA exposure associated with a gel manicure every two weeks probably isn&#8217;t high enough to increase the risk of skin cancer significantly.<\/p>\n<p>-It was also suggested that before the manicure, one could opt for a sunscreen that could be applied on the nails to avert the chances for the same.<\/p>\n<p>-It is also recommended to take a break from nail polish for a week or two a few times a year for healthy nails.<\/p>\n<p>-Findings were published in <em>JAMA Dermatology<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: JAMA Dermatology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/rsz_shutterstock_405001501.jpg\" alt=\"1mg\" width=\"630\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[232,89,90,185],"class_list":["post-27340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1mg-news","tag-anticancer-therapy","tag-derma","tag-dermatological-disorders","tag-skin-care"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Gel Manicure Increase Risk For Cancer? 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