Cosmetics Effect On Skin

The content of chemicals in cosmetics can cause adverse effects to the skin. In the area of ​​skin of the face and head are common skin reaction caused by the use of cosmetics. Excessive use of cosmetics can also affect or even damage the skin functions as it should.
Chemicals in cosmetics can cause:
a. Allergic reactions
When someone uses a type of cosmetics, then experienced hipertensivitas reactions to cosmetics, the skin becomes red, itchy until the swelling. Exposed skin areas generally face (especially eyelids and ears) and neck or armpit when using deodorant.
b. Primary irritant reaction
Skin irritation immediately after use in cosmetics and skin to become itchy and watery red, such as the use of bleaching cream for skin whitening, or depilatori to remove hair.
c. Photosensitivity reactions
Skin reactions that occur in places that use cosmetics after direct contact with sunlight with a specific wavelength. The skin on the part becomes red, itchy and then to black (hyperpigmentation), skin reactions such as the use of perfumes and the reaction in the form of a pimple or gelembunggelembung are dark red.
d. Hair Damage
Chemicals used in perms, straightening and coloring hair, can cause hair to fall out or hair breakage can occur even temporary hair loss (alopecia temporary).
e. Baldness
Mechanically curling can cause baldness because the pull of curling equipment (traction alopecia).
f. Nail damage
Nails can be damaged, growing wavy, dull-colored, do not grow or become inflamed due to chemical substances contained in cosmetic nail.
g. Cross-sensitization or cross-sensitization
At these events occurred not only sensitization to allergens that provoked an anti against, but also ongoing allergic reaction on contact with substances that chemical structure is almost similar to the allergen causes, such as the hypersensitivity of the hair dye sensitization parafenilendiamida also occurred frequently cross against paratoluendiamina.