roar today on the dr. oz show, before you get a gel manicure, watch this. headlines question their safety. >> there is a lot of hidden dangers. >> infections, reactions, even cancer. dr. oz: that is a walk up call. >> what you need to know. plus could the secret to weight oss be in your dreams? how to interpret your dreams to change your health. dr. oz: i like that. >> next.

>> it is the hottest trends in salons across the country, gel manicures. could this special process come at a price? today we are asking the question, are they safe. millions of women are enjoying the latest craze in nail care. gel manicures. the promise, a chip-free, smudge-free, quick drying manicure that lasts up to three weeks. but at what cost? some derm tolgists question the safety saying that they can cause infection or allergic reactions. we sent women out to get a gel manicure to see the potential threats of this popular nail reatments. >> my right hand is in its second turn under light.

dr. oz: there were even concerns the uv lamp could increase your risk of cancer but recent headlines challenge the cancer scare saying they do not appear to significantly increase the risks of a type of skin cancer. but some questions remain. are gel manicures truly safe or could the potential dangers be bad for your health? a member of the american academy of dermatology. so, why are gel manicures so dangerous? >> they are dangerous dr. oz because many women are innocently going into salons thinking they are making their hands look better but they are at serious risk. increase in infections of a result of a gel manicure. they have three major problems

that can cause significant medical problems. the first is actually the application process that uses ultraviolet light. the second is the removal process that uses damaging equipment to the nail and a series of infections can be introduced to the nails. >> i have three of our audience who routinely get gel manicures. you examine the hands of all three of our guests. >> we did look under a special lamp which highlights underlying sun damage. dr. oz: does that worry you april? >> born and raised in florida my whole life. i think that is part of it. dr. oz: and they are very abrasive in the removal process. explain why you are concerned about how to remove the nail

polish. >> they just don't come off. they have to be soaked to break down the gel. it is that which can be irritating and thinning to our nails. once the color is dissolved you have to physically scrape and it is that scraping that can thin the nails. a recent study shows one application thinned the nail by 50%. dr. oz: by 50%? >> 50%. if you already have thin nails to begin with, avoid this. dr. oz: typically after have you the gel you want to get it off and wrap it under a foil like this. you pull it off. you will have that little bit left. pull the cotton off. you are often left with this, nail polish remaining and a normal nail beneath it.

what is not soaked off you have to scrape off usually with a mechanical device. many technicians that we observe use metal tools like this and they will carefully get in there and scrape it off. they have to get into that place where the nail polish is. when they do that it does not stop there. they go under and keep chipping away and away. to get it off they have to go like this into your nail. see this covering here? that is the part of your nail that is taken off. it is literally what is happening. i have this model. but unfortunately this is what occurs. what is the risk when you take off a part of the nail like this. t causes it to become fragile. that is a place that infections

can get in. when you have no breaks in your nail which are not supposed to be here that causes a major problem. what kinds of infections are we talking about? >> bacteria can go into the nail. the most common that goes in causes a staph infection and it becomes red, painful, swollen and we have a fungus into the nail to cause a fungal infection. dr. oz: let me show you some pictures. the skin around the nail can get infected like this. we do see this. if you get past that you can get a bacterial infection looking like this. you have to ask yourself if getting a gel manicure is worth t. all of the women in the audience checking their nails now. i think the question is a gel manicure worth it and when is it worth it? >> there is no vacation or

special event i think it is worth it to get a gel manicure. the risk is not worth it. dr. oz: you would never get one? >> never. dr. oz: that clear enough to most of you? we reached out to the professional beauty association here is what they said. they are safe when used as directed. the amount of u.v. exposeure is equivalent to minimal sun exposeure. the small lamps take 15 seconds to 2 minutes to coat are nothing like tanning beds. is this really what is happening? in our experience for as long as eight minutes. what do you need to look out for? he answers are next. robber up next -- what many salons do not know. dr. oz: i have no idea. >> it is putting you at risk.

>> i wouldn't go to that salon. >> steps to protect yourself. and later how to use your dreams. >> the window on our

[applause] dr. oz: we're back talking about the dangers of gel manicures. joining us a dermatologist, dr. ann chapous. i know some women want their gel manicures no matter what the u.v. radiation risk. let me go back to our treed.

would you still get a gel man cure? >> yes, i would. i would probably get it for special occasions or aa vacation. it lasts and doesn't chip. maybe twice a year. that's about it. dr. oz: thank you for being honest. reality is to talk honestly about the biggest threat, people will get these gel manicures no matter what. educate us about things we can do if we want to get a gel manicure. >> if you're not convinced no to get a gel manicure, you can make it safer so you don't have the problems we discussed previously. one thing is look for salons that use l.e.d. lights to cure the nails, not floor'sant bulbs we showed earlier. this can cure it faster and more efficient that we showed previously so theoretically you're get ago smaller dose of the radiation. dr. oz: what do you do if your salon doesn't have an l.e.d. light? >> i wouldn't go to that salon. find one that does. >> would you go along with that? >> yes. dr. oz: i was curious, how often

do you find these licensed salons. i went to salons here in new york city around the studio. we went to 20 different studios here near rockefeller center. here's the map. that's where we went. of these 20 salons, our staff knew exactly where they were, only four saft lons we went to had l.e. derks lights, this kind of light. five salons had no idea what kind of light they were using. i actually went to say salon myself this weekend. i was curious. folks, well meaning as they were, didn't know what kind of light they had in there. next chance to improve the situation if you're going to get gel manicures. >> one of the things can you do, ask the manicurist to put s.p.f. sunscreen on before you start manicure. dr. oz: easy to do. makes sense. the last time that might be helpful if you're going to get the radiation. >> i love these. anti-u.v. gloves you can bring with you to your manicure and apry them before the process starts. as can you see, only your fingertips are exposed so rest of your hands is protected from the u.v. light. dr. oz: come from men? >> i'm sure they come in many

sizes. dr. oz: this is wonderful. >> you can get them online. they only run about $10. dr. oz: clever idea. >> i think that's fabulous. dr. oz: a lot of folks wondering if i will not get gel manicures, is there a way to get chip-free result they offer us. >> i think it's all about topcoats. you can reapply a topcoat every night after your regular manicure to extend the life of your manicure. what you want to look for in a topcoat is something that's a void of the toxic threio, three chemicals such as mermaled hide or d.b.t. they're found in both of these products here. this is from droyia and l.c.n. if you apply it every night, you can extend the life of your manicure. also, bring it to your salon and have them apply it there in the salon. dr. oz: what do these costs? >> $10 to $20, available online and drug stores. dr. oz: think it's a good investment. did i convince some of you to think about these options? good. we had them. strange dreams that are simply unexplainable.

what could they mean for your health? when we come back, wake up the power of your dreams. that's next. [applause] >> coming up -- your dreams may know what your doctors don't. >> subconscious may be trying to assist you and give you clues. >> how dreams can help you. even fix your biggest health problems.

[cheers and applause] dr. oz: have you ever woke up wondering what your dreams meant? today we're rehr vealing how your dreams can fix your biggest health problems. what do your dreams know that your doctors don't? world renowned dream expert is here to tell us. i love dreams. i love talking about them. help us understand how they give us clues about our health. >> i studied them more than 25 years and read more than 55,000 dreams and interpreted them. for me not paying attention to your dreams would be as silly as not taking blood pressure and not knowing cholesterol numbers. one of the natural tools we have. the window on our subconscious

mind. and subconscious mind is fascinating. it has kept an archive of everything you have ever done, every illness you ever had, every allergy is recorded there and our dreams are one of the ways a subconscious tries to communicate. so you might be having symptoms and you go to the doctor and the doctor -- the very best of doctors are detective sometimes. we have to try something and rule it out. subconscious might be trying to assist you and give some clues. dr. oz: you argue there's one recurring dream, one symbol in our dreams that is absolutely demonstrative of health whafments that symbol? >> if you're having a health dream, very likely will include a house or structure. think of our bodies as structure or home of our mind and spirit. so looking further into the dream, you look at each room, what takes place in that room and how does it relate to my body. so if you start with the stairway, the stairway could be the spine. are you having back problems or is there pain back there? is there a place in the stairwell you focus on in the dream might be a clue about what

you need to look at. go to the kitchen, where we prepare and store food. look at that kitchen. sometimes our body, we dream about food a lot. especially pregnant women will dream about the foods they need for a specific level of guesttation for that baby or messy, ugly, destroyed and the body is telling you subconscious is trying to communicate you're not absorbing that food or digesting it properly to leave that one alone. think about the bathroom. what happens there? cleansing, elimination. so a digestive issue might show up as a bathroom dream. there's really a lot of common dreams -- i know you're comfortable talking about poop, so -- dr. oz: i love it. so elimination in the bathroom. >> yes. and other part of the house, the roof might represent our mind, is there a hole in it. are you concerned about alzheimer's? have you been having a few issues with that? they also have to do with our guidance. who are we taking our advice from now? subconscious might want you to look at that. dr. oz: why not just the bedroom?

that's the one i would be thinking about. >> our room. what takes place there, rest, sleep, sex. issue with sexual dysfunctional. if issue not sleeping properly, you may deal with a bedroom dream. dr. oz: let's get to the four most common dreams and this may tell you something about your health whofment here had a dream they would be have been naked in public? put your hands up. you will learn about yourselves. see if this dream sounds familiar. you're going about your normal routine. you're at the office or just walking down the street. all of a sudden, you notice everyone is staring at you. you look down and see your bare feet and then feel a cold breeze on your back. suddenly, you realize you're standing there stark naked. could this dream be trying to tell you the naked truth about your health? what does being naked in a dream in public reveal about your health? >> it's one of the most common

dreams. almost everyone had a dream of being naked or just partially dressed. it has to do do with feeling overexposed. feel like you're not hiding anything. you're telling the bare truth because there's no place to hide anything. if you're somebody who has an issue with your body. you might have that dream when you discover that spanx are not working, the belly is showing more or can't conceal it. love handles if it's a fella, perhaps. but it has to do with sometimes shame or humiliation, feeling. one of the things we have to look at is how we feel when we come out of the dream. if you felt wble walking around -- wble walking around naked, it would be different if you're ashamed or embarrassed. dr. oz: this is a zreem about adults who have not been in school for years but nevertheless still dream about an exam you did not study for. bell rings and your heart starts to pound. you're back in school, totally unprepared. the teacher is handing out exam papers but you didn't even know there was a test. your palms are sweating. you haven't studied and you

don't even know what the exam is about. what is this dream trying to teach you about your health? so what is it trying to reveal? >> we have this dream. it's mild anxiety dream and we have it when we feel we will be tested and there will be consequences. in the context of health, contestant can have to do with maybe the doctor told to you quit smoking and you said you would and you haven't and you know you will get found out. or any number of things where there's a blood test or there's some sort of cholesterol coming up and you swore you were eating your proper cereal. and you know you will be found out. but there's a concern that they would be negative consequences and you don't want to fess up but you can't really avoid it because there's going to be a test to prove the results. dr. oz: i have a dream like that very frequently but i don't get nervous in my dreams. i'm happy to be there. am i hiding something too? or am i messed up? >> no you're constantly learning and growing. that would be the positive feeling dream, drime when it's positive when your subconscious mind is giving you a pat on the

back and saying good job, keep learning. dr. oz: what about folks who have trouble flying? for some of you here, a lot of folks in our dreams flying, whole different experience. take a look at this. you're soaring above the trees through puffy white clouds. your body is weightless and you feel like a bird flying over mountains and oceans. the wind carries you and you don't have care in the world. how is this dream a clue to your health? what does flying have to do with our health? comfortable flight? >> again, can go either way. frightening dream of flying but for us, most flying dreams are very positive. they give us an opportunity to release ourself from the gravity of our waking state to fly around and get a new perspective on something. for health-related dreams, flying dream has to do perhaps with releasing yourself from maybe you're limited physically. maybe you're in a wheelchair. maybe you're just sick and can't get out of bed.

the flying dream is a gift from the subconscious mind giving you a sense of freedom and peace and what it did z when you wake up, you don't feel as limited as you did before you went to sleep. dr. oz: are these treatment for stress or is it venting the stress that you feel? >> it's both. one of the reasons we do dream is stress management. so if you have, let's say you have a boss who's just absolutely demanding. you might have a dream that in the dream you're the boss and you're pushing them around or you might see a big bulldozer, kind of a cartoon character and you're taking control and taking power. so the dream will manage your stress and balance it out so when you wake up, you feel less stressed and ready to complete your day. also the dream can give you tips of how you can reduce your stress as well. dr. oz: one last category dreams dieters share with us. see if this sounds familiar. your mouth is watering. your hands are diving into chocolate and candy and you can't seem to get enough. your cravings for something sweet or devouring your every

thought. you scoff down mounds of cookies, ice cream and chocolate cake and you completely abandon your diet. so what does binging in a dream mean when you're on a diet and trying to change your health? it's gay thing you can't gain weight binging in a dream. >> dream kalis are zero. -- calories are zero. many people on a diet, again, compensatory piece, your subconscious wants to compensate what you're not getting in waken state. dieters dream of the food they're denying themselves and for a second or two they panic because they think thrafe blown their diet but the dream is balancing it out to help them stay on track and keep going with their healthy weight loss. dr. oz: a secret weapon for dieters. when we come back, something i thought was never possible. cynthia will show you how you can use your dreams to lose weight. stay right here. [applause] so then the little tiny chipmunks go all the way up...

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dr. oz: we're back with the expert and author of "the dream

power journal." she says you can lose your dreams to lose weight, which seems very out there for me but i'm intrigued. how is it possible to use your dreams to help you lose weight? >> ok. so you know many people go on a diet, lose weight and then regain it. typically there are several reasons but one is because they haven't dealt with the emotional connection to the weight they're carrying around. is that weight insulation? is that weight -- maybe they don't want to feel attractive. numerous things. subconscious mind does know why. it can be based on childhood trauma. so many different reasons people want a barrier of weight around them. you can start by asking your dream -- first, we have to remember our dreams. some people don't even think they dream. remember the dreams, which we will tell you how to do, write them down because they're fleeting. they will disappear. once you get there, incubating dreams and asking your ub conscious before you go to sleep, what does this weight mean to me? is what is this doing for me? what do i need to know about the weight? once you get that answer,

sometimes you get it the first night. sometimes it takes a series of dreams. then can you start with working on the emotional part. i had a woman who came into my practice, we were doing dream therapy as part of her weight loss. she remembered in a dream an incident, abuse when she was 12. she realized then she wanted to not look attractive so nobody ever bothered her again. common story. dr. oz: what about the many folks who don't think they can remember their dreamsment how many of you don't think you can have dreams you remember? at least half the audience. how do you help them? >> we know everybody dreams every night. so you just have to remind yourself, i will remember my dream. my dream is important to me. when i wake, my dream will easily come to mind. if you wake to an alarm clock or phone, link those together, pav lock. when my alarm clock goes off, my dream will come to mind. i believe in journaling. i think it's the best way to have aa consistent take what's going on. link together often and get deeper und