Is it harmful to always wear lipstick

Lipstick is a common cosmetic for women. Applying lipstick moderately can make the face more beautiful, especially make the face more three-dimensional, and make people feel more energetic. Applying lipstick moderately will not affect your health, but if you apply lipstick excessively, it may cause some harm to the body, especially some inferior lipsticks, which often contain some heavy metals or additives, and even some carcinogens, which are relatively harmful to women's health.

What are the dangers of excessive use of lipstick?

1. The main ingredients of lipstick are lanolin, wax and dyes. Due to the complex composition of lanolin, it is easy to cause allergic reactions, such as chapped and peeling lip mucosa, and sometimes itchy or slight pain in the lips.

2. The lanolin in lipstick has strong adsorption capacity, which can adsorb dust, bacteria, viruses and some heavy metal ions in the air onto the lip mucosa. When people drink water or eat food, they can bring lipstick and the harmful substances on it into their mouths and enter the body directly.

3. The coal tar dyes used in all lipsticks are terrible carcinogens, and the amount of this substance contained in lipsticks has far exceeded the amount allowed in food. After putting on lipstick, it is inevitable that the lipstick will be licked off and enter the human body unintentionally while talking, drinking tea or eating.

4. According to relevant foreign data, among young female cancer patients, 18.2% of the causes are related to lipstick. Lipstick contains high amounts of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. Lead is cumulative. Long-term inhalation by the human body may lead to chronic lead poisoning, causing anemia, abdominal pain, acute renal failure, and brain neuropathy.

5. Preservatives and antioxidants BHA. These substances have been proven to be quasi-carcinogens. For example, preservatives (paraben) can cause breast tumors.

6. Artificial pigments in lipstick may turn into mutagens and cause cancer under ultraviolet light.

Precautions for using lipstick

1. Avoid wearing lipstick for a long time

Makeup should definitely be light rather than heavy. Even if it is light makeup, do not wear lipstick for a long time. Although lipstick can make your lips look moist in the short term, long-term use will cause the lip skin to become dry, chapped, swollen, and itchy... If these conditions have already occurred, using honey to care for them is a good way.

2. Do not apply directly on the lips

People who often use lipstick will feel that their lips are not as soft and moist as before. This is partly due to aging and partly due to improper use of lipstick. Generally speaking, there will be no discomfort after using lipstick, but there are quite a few lipsticks that make people feel dry and tight lips after use due to low oil content or insufficient proportion. Some lipsticks may even cause local itching, pain, peeling and other discomforts. Therefore, it is best to apply a layer of colorless lip oil on your lips before using lipstick to ensure that your lips are fully moisturized before using lipstick. This can not only make the lips shiny, but also reduce the adverse stimulation of lipstick to the lips.

3. Wipe off lipstick before drinking water and eating

Many women, after applying thick lipstick, only pay attention to touching up the faded lipstick after meals, but never think of wiping off the lipstick before meals and drinking water. After all, lipstick is a collection of chemical substances. It is not a big problem if it is consumed occasionally with food, but if it is swallowed for a long time, it can cause considerable harm to your health.