Are UV Nail Lamps Unsafe?

RinaRina · ‎03-13-2010

Have you ever heard this?

"The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become."

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

have heard it on TV scare reports

but compare to all the sun exposure over a lifetime

can't be as much

Peaches McPhee · ‎04-19-2010

I have heard it but never with any credibility. All things in moderation. It's not like you are exposed for long.

-- pro-aging --

Rochester, New York

Tricolor · ‎04-19-2010

Experts have been warning about this for awhile. Claiming that you should put an SPF on your hands before putting them under the light. We are exposed to harmful elements all day everyday so not sure if this is worthy of being alarmed.

go2girl · ‎03-11-2010

Yes yes, and yes again. My sister had cancer twice on her hands from uv nail lamps through the years due to weekly manicures/ nail tips and uv nail lamps. My advice is stay away from them. She had two different cancers both very dangerous.

RinaRina · ‎03-13-2010

@go2girl wrote:
Yes yes, and yes again. My sister had cancer twice on her hands from uv nail lamps through the years due to weekly manicures/ nail tips and uv nail lamps. My advice is stay away from them. She had two different cancers both very dangerous.

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AMZN should stop selling them, as most, I believe, come from China.

SMH ... !

"The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become."

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

According to the NIH the risk is low and only a few studies have been done to substantiate the claims.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29882991

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

@go2girl wrote:
Yes yes, and yes again. My sister had cancer twice on her hands from uv nail lamps through the years due to weekly manicures/ nail tips and uv nail lamps. My advice is stay away from them. She had two different cancers both very dangerous.

@go2girl I am sorry your sister had to go through this. Could they actually prove that is what caused her cancer? Once a week exposure? I have to wonder if she would have had this happen anyway? You don't hear about this very much the way you hear about the dangers of tanning beds. There is so much more exposure there and for a longer amount of time.

Just wondering.

Fear not Brothers and Sisters! I have read THE BOOK..........we win!!!

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

The NIH recommends wearing sunscreen on your hands before placing them under a UV lamp. Makes sense to me.

hookedonq · ‎06-10-2015

The germs and virus spread potential from the hands all being placed in same spot all day, day after day, is the risk I would worry about...can't say for certain about all salons, but none I ever went to did I ever see it being wiped down during the day as women constantly use the same spot for their hands.