{"id":34891,"date":"2025-09-03T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=34891"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:28:39","slug":"is-gel-nail-polish-being-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=34891","title":{"rendered":"Is gel nail polish being banned?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<h2>Are gel nails banned in the UK?<\/h2>\n<p>Other Side of the Story contacted Dr Naila Dinani, a consultant dermatologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Dr Dinani appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002gqyt\" class=\"ssrcss-1w74xcy-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">BBC Sounds Sliced Bread podcast<\/a> to discuss nail polish and gels in August.<\/p>\n<p>She explained further about the TPO ban: \u201cTPO is being banned in the EU because scientists found it could be harmful if used in very high amounts over a long time. The actual risk from having your nails done is probably very low, but EU law says if a chemical is labelled as possibly harmful, it can\u2019t be used in cosmetics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis doesn\u2019t mean gel nails themselves are banned. Salons can still offer gel manicures \u2013 they just have to use different ingredients that don\u2019t contain TPO. Many companies already have these alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But what about a UK ban? Dr Dinani added: \u201cIn the UK, there isn\u2019t a ban at the moment. But because we often follow the EU on safety rules, it\u2019s quite possible the same change will come here in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are some reports that a UK ban on TPO will follow in late 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are gel nails banned in the UK?Other Side of the Story contacted Dr Naila Dinani, a consultant dermatologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Dr Dinani appeared on the BBC Sounds Sliced Bread podcast to discuss nail polish and gels in August.She explained further about the TPO ban: \u201cTPO is being banned in the EU because scientists found it could be harmful if used in very high amounts over a long time. The actual risk from having your nails done is probably very low, but EU law says if a chemical is labelled as possibly harmful, it can\u2019t be used in cosmetics.\u201cThis doesn\u2019t mean gel nails themselves are banned. Salons can still offer gel manicures \u2013 they just have to use different ingredients that don\u2019t contain TPO. Many companies already have these alternatives.\u201dBut what about a UK ban? Dr Dinani added: \u201cIn the UK, there isn\u2019t a ban at the moment. But because we often follow the EU on safety rules, it\u2019s quite possible the same change will come here in the future.\u201dThere are some reports that a UK ban on TPO will follow in late 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34893,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34894,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34891\/revisions\/34894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}