Manicures and pedicures
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A dip powder manicure can be hard on your nails. This insight from dermatologists can help you safely get dip nails and keep your nails healthy.
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Artificial nails can lengthen short nails, making your fingers look long and slender. They can also be hard on your nails. These tips from dermatologists can help you reduce the damage.
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Although gel manicures can be beautiful and long-lasting, they can be tough on nails. To keep your nails healthy before, during and after gel manicures, dermatologists recommend these tips.
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Dermatologist Shari Lipner, MD, PhD, FAAD, shares her secret for removing gel nail polish at home. Here’s how you can do it safely without damaging your nails.
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Having beautiful nails is less a matter of luck and more a matter of caring for them correctly. Here are dermatologists’ top manicure and pedicure tips.