Counterfeit Perfumes and Health Hazards
Health News March 16th, 2010
often people are tempted to have luxury goods at a cheap price because it was a lot of buying counterfeit goods, including perfume. Is it safe to use fake perfumes?
Any counterfeit goods must not have guaranteed quality perfumes especially diusapkan direct use on skin. This allows the content of these fragrances and absorbed into the body.
“Someone usually use perfume in the face, neck and wrists. All that is sensitive parts of the body, so that if the active ingredients contained in it can cause dangerous serious health risks,” said Valerie Salembier, Senior Vice President of Harper’s Bazaar , as quoted from ABCNews, Thursday (28/1/2010).
Salembier and his staff have dedicated themselves to reveal the content of counterfeit perfume for 6 years. Given some of these fake perfumes contain bacteria and antifreeze (antifreeze) as the active ingredient, as well as other materials used to balance the pH and color of the perfume.
“I had never seen a reaction from the original fragrance. But the fake perfumes can cause skin reactions dermatitis or inflammation of the skin especially for people who have a high sensitivity of the body,” says dermatologist in New York, Jeannette Graf.
Graf tells the patient admitted experiencing some discomfort, a burning feeling, a smell that is too glaring and the appearance of redness on the affected skin perfume after using it.
This incident could have happened to many people, because the perfume is very easy to obtain fake as sold on the fringes of the road or via the internet.
In addition to some people, the smell of perfume can trigger false headaches, migraines or respiratory problems. If a mixture of fake perfume is water, may not be too dangerous for the body.
Fake perfumes can not be known with certainty what the substance contained therein. Some actors are usually only write and fragrant alcohol content of perfume culprit. This can be very detrimental to consumers and included in the case of fraud.
People should know that using a fake perfume can deal with something bad. Some people sometimes do not know whether she had an allergy to a substance or not.
