JawaPos.com – For women who are used to beauty treatments, they know that currently there are many variants of gel nail polish circulating. Compared to traditional nail polishes, the gel variants are more resistant to damage and stains, and retain their shine until you remove the polish from your nails.
In its application, gel nail polish is usually done at a beauty center and is usually accompanied by Ultraviolet (UV) light. This aims to make it dry quickly without the need to wait too long.
But according to recent research, this method turned out to be dangerous. While the dangers of UV rays are mainly in the setting tanning has been known for a long time. Recently a group of scientists researched the potential dangers of gel nail polish using the UV drying method which can cause other adverse effects on human health.
Unlike the UV rays used to tan the skin, the devices used by nail salons emit a different spectrum of Ultraviolet rays. A group of researchers from the University of California San Diego decided to study the device after reading an article about a pageant contestant who was diagnosed with a rare skin cancer.
Using a different combination of human and mouse cells, the researchers found that a single 20-minute session with an Ultraviolet nail polish dryer caused as many as 30 percent of the cells to die. Three consecutive 20-minute sessions saw 65 to 70 percent of the exposed cells die.
Among the remaining cells, the researchers saw evidence of mitochondrial and DNA damage. Horrified yet, the study also proved that in addition to the mutations seen in patients, these could also lead to skin cancer.
“Our experimental results and previous evidence strongly suggest that radiation emitted by UV nail polish dryers can cause hand cancer and that UV nail polish dryers, similar to tanning beds, may increase the risk of early skin cancer,” said the researchers, published in the journal Nature. Communications.
Even so, they caution that further epidemiological studies are needed before they can conclusively say that use of UV drying devices leads to an increased risk of skin cancer. “It is likely that such studies will take at least a decade to complete and subsequently inform the general public,” the researchers continued.
