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Dr. Mona Gohara , a dermatologist and clinical professor of dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine, is quick to share that she loves a manicure and never faults her patients for getting them, but one kind in particular brings more risk than they may have bargained for: the Russian manicure.

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Also known as a dry manicure or an e-file manicure, the acetone- and water-free treatment involves meticulously grooming the nails and skin around them with electric drills, sharp cuticle cutter

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