What happens if you wash your face with detergent

Detergent is a commonly used item in life, especially in the kitchen where it is used to clean various kitchen utensils. The ingredients of most dishwashing liquids are relatively environmentally friendly and will not cause much harm to the body. Therefore, many people began to use detergent to wash their faces, hair, etc. Due to the special nature of dishwashing liquid, people don’t know much about it. Let’s take a look at what happens when you wash your face with dishwashing liquid.

Washing your face with detergent can cause facial damage.

The chemical ingredients in detergents can harm our delicate facial skin and may cause facial damage. Although the pores will be cleaned quickly after washing your face with detergent, detergent is alkaline, so the face will feel very tight after washing with detergent. In the long run, it will destroy the water and oil balance of the facial skin. Moreover, once detergent remains on the face, it will not only damage the facial skin, but also pose a hidden danger to our health.

Dishwashing liquid is used to clean stubborn kitchen stains and has a strong cleaning power. Therefore, washing your face with dishwashing liquid is definitely not as gentle as washing your face with facial cleanser. Moreover, dishwashing liquid contains a variety of chemical ingredients. Although washing your face with dishwashing liquid can remove oil stains on your face, it is quite irritating to your face. Therefore, it is not recommended to wash your face with detergent.

Ordinary dishwashing liquids currently sold on the market can only mechanically remove most pesticide residues on the surface of fruits and vegetables, but do not have disinfection or sterilization functions. On the contrary, if the soaking time is too long, bacteria will enter the human body along with the washing residue. Tableware washed with detergent must be rinsed with tap water more than twice. The detergent concentration should be 0.2-0.5%. The soaking time should be determined according to the different conditions of the fruit and vegetable skin.

The skin of fruits like strawberries is not smooth, so just soak them for a dozen seconds and then rinse them repeatedly with running water. In addition, the mixed use of multiple detergents and disinfectants is harmful to human health. When chlorine-containing cleaners (bleach, detoxifying liquid) are mixed with acid-containing disinfecting cleaners (toilet cleaners), or when bleach is used together with ammonia-containing cleaners, toxic chlorine gas will be produced, which will irritate the eyes, nose, and throat, causing inflammation and poisoning, which can be fatal to the human body.