Think Beauty:Mercury in Beauty Products

 

For ages medical fraternity been against on the usage of mercury in the beauty products and constantly ban those products from public usage. However, there are still many cosmetics manufacturer adamantly deliver these poisonous ingredients to their consumers via their beauty products, especially in the lightening products. The lack of awareness or poor choice-making by the consumers leads to mercury toxicity, hence result in many catastrophic sequences as listed below:

• Skin cancer
• Renal failure
• Liver damage
• Brain damage

However, mercury toxicity also may cause immediate or short term side effects as follows:

• nervousness
• irritability
• tremors
• weakness
• fatigue
• memory loss
• changes in hearing, vision and taste
• gastrointestinal upset

Consumers should aware of their role when purchasing those beauty products, especially concerning health as the primary importance. The authorities are taking various measures to keep this problem in check but the consumers need to keep themselves updated or opt the following ways to stay vigilant over this matter:

• read the active ingredients  of the product before purchasing
• check with the authorities such FDA of their respective country before buying
• seek for review about the usage

Let's not be too seductive over brightening products. Staying healthy and keeping fit is real beauty.