BOSTON —

One of the most popular ways to get your nails done is now banned in parts of Europe. And an expert says that should give everyone pause.

"I was counseling patients or trying to steer them in other directions or alternatives," said Dr. Farah Moustafa, a dermatologist and the director of Laser and Cosmetics at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

That included Yara, who has been getting gel manicures regularly for about a decade.

"I get them done every two or three weeks," she said. "It makes my nails look very shiny and hardens them. It also lasts longer."

But when she noticed her nails getting really weak, she turned to Moustafa for advice.

"She recommended that I stop getting gel nail polish done," Yara said.

Moustafa said she's been worried about gel manicure

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