Teenage Girls and Cosmetics
Teenage girls in their everlasting quest to be noticed; to be fashion conscious and to be beautiful, encounter some personal hidden dangers other than the boy next door. They are the users of certain cosmetics and tattoos.
Teen girls tend to share their personal items like clothes, shoes, and cosmetics. The last item is a no-no! Sharing mascara or lipstick is the equivalent of sharing a toothbrush, and we just don’t do that. Sharing mascara can lead to infection and eye disease, which may even cause blindness.
Mascara should never be applied in a moving vehicle. In fact I see many adult passengers doing just that in the mornings on their way to work. A quick stop or bad bump and the mascara brush goes into your eye. Also, if mascara dries up, throw it out! Don’t add water, this can add germs that may lead to infection. Always remove mascara and any other makeup before you go to bed. Tiny mascara particles can flake off and get into your eyes causing infection.
Hair Dyes
Never use hair dyes on the eyebrows and eyelashes, this can cause blindness. No hair dyes are approved for dying the eyebrows or eyelashes.
Tattoos
Tattoos are safe as long as your local tattoo parlor maintains sanitary conditions and procedures. Dirty needles will infect you with Hepatitis.
Remember, tattoos are permanent. The only way to remove tattoos is with lasers however laser removal may only lighten tattoos. It isn’t as easy or reliable as many people think. Treatments can be expensive and a trace of the tattoo will always remain.
Laser treatments may turn some tattoos darker instead of lighter, or change them to another color. The same goes for permanent makeup. It depends on what ingredients went into the tattoo ink to produce the color.
It is very hard to find out what’s in tattoo ink because the ingredients are not listed on the label and may be a tattooist’s trade secret. including the tattooist.
Here are Some More Facts about Tattoos
• FDA has not approved any color additives for injection into your skin.
• People who get a tattoo should not give blood for a year afterward because of the chance of infection.
• Although it happens rarely, some people may have an allergic reaction to the dyes used for tattooing. Imagine being allergic to something that has been injected into your skin.
• Or, the tattooist may make a mistake. Who wants to wear someone else’s mistake forever!
Teenage girls change their hairstyle yearly. How about their earrings or the clothes they wear. It’s not so easy to change your mind about a tattoo.
Even people don’t stay in the same house for more than seven years on average. They change their minds too. If you want a “temporary tattoo” be aware that some are illegal -- especially some of those imported from other countries -- in the United States because they use color additives that are not approved for use on the skin. FDA has had reports of people having allergic reactions to temporary tattoos.
What about henna temporary tattoos?
Henna is a brown to reddish brown dye made from a plant. It is approved only for use on the hair, not the skin. If it is black, or any other color besides brown or reddish brown, it contains other ingredients. It also may contain other ingredients to make the stain darker, make the skin absorb the color more easily, or make the stain last longer.
Could these ingredients hurt you? It depends. Individuals are different and may be sensitive to different things. If you don't know what the ingredients are, it's impossible to tell what they might do if you put them on your skin.
Cruelty Free or No Animal Testing
Even if a product never was tested in animals, there's a very good chance its ingredients were. A company might call its products "cruelty free" because it isn't doing any animal testing on these ingredients now, although the ingredients may have been tested on animals in the past. In some cases, "no new animal testing" might be a more accurate claim.
All Natural or Organic
Infinite Health Resources supports natural and organic products wholeheartedly. However, poison ivy is all natural and you probably don't want it on your skin. It is very possible to have an allergic reaction, or other irritation, from products labeled "all natural" or "organic." For example, lanolin, from sheep's wool, is a common natural ingredient in some moisturizers that sometimes causes allergic reactions.
Hypo Allergenic
After all, people are individuals and there's no telling what any individual may be allergic to. According to the cosmetic industry, "hypoallergenic" means "less likely to cause an allergic reaction." But dermatologists - and consumers who have allergies - know that the word "hypoallergenic" on the label is no guarantee against an allergic reaction.
Dermatologist Tested
"Dermatologist tested" doesn't really tell you much, does it? It leaves you wondering about things like:
• Did the dermatologist work for the manufacturer?
• How many people tested the product?
• How long did the testing last?
• What were the results of the testing?
Stay healthy, eat right and get some beauty sleep. Nothing does a face better than 8-10 hours of beauty sleep.
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