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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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