In a world where we are bombarded with advertisements, many times we are made to buy products without knowing how they affect us or our family. With increasing life-threatening diseases like cancer, we believe that it is more important than ever to understand the chemicals that are found in everyday products, even if that product is as simple as nail paint.
Like many of us if you love to match your fingernails with your daily outfits and you are in love with Nail Paints (Nail Polish), then read this post. It is important to know how your nail paints, if not selected well, could lead to not only neurological disorders but also hormonal and respiratory diseases.
Side Effects Of Nail Paint
Let’s uncover the ugly truth that the cosmetic industry doesn’t want you to know. Read on to find answers to:
What are the Chemicals in Nail Paints?
What are the Side Effects of Nail Paints on your Health?
How should you Choose your Nail Paints?
What Chemicals are there in Nail Paints?
1. Toluene – It is a solvent that gives a great finish to your nails and also helps to preserve the nail paint.
2. Formaldehyde – It is a colorless gas that helps to increase the storage life of nail paint.
3. Dibutyl Phthalate – It is used to provide fragrance to nail paints.
Though cosmetic companies are aware that these chemicals are harmful. But the reason why they don’t want you to know is obvious. So if you love yourself and your health, then read further to know how these chemicals affect your health.
What are the Side Effects of Nail Paints on your Health?
While your nail paints attract a lot of eyes, there are a lot of side effects that you need to know:
1. Besides giving your hands a beautiful touch, these nail paints carry a lot of harmful chemicals in them such as formaldehyde, which can lead to the imbalance of hormones in your body.
2. Apart from giving a great finish to your nails, toluene has a great effect on your health as it affects your central nervous system causing reproductive disorders, headaches, weakness, and even fainting.
3. Besides keeping your nail paint safe, formaldehyde causes a lot of allergies and even burns on your skin. It can also affect your heart rhythm and can even lead to cancer.
4. Along with the fragrance, dibutyl phthalate has a lot of negative effects on your endocrine system, causing gynecological diseases as well as diseases in your respiratory tract.
5. The smell of nail paints may make you feel dizzy and nauseated, or even give you a headache. Apart from these effects it can also affect your kidneys and can cause asthma or liver problems. It might also affect your eyes, skin, and respiratory tract and cause irritation as well.
How should you Choose your Nail Paints?
Never buy your nail paints without looking Look out for the markings on the nail paints such as:
- 5-free: means that the product does not contain formaldehyde, resins, toluene, dibutyl phthalates, and camphor.
- 3-free: means that the nail polish is free from three harmful ingredients i.e. formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalates.
If in your country, Â you can’t find ratings on the products, then make sure the nail polish that you use are free of the harmful chemicals mentioned above.
So the next time when you buy nail polish, make sure you know what risk you are putting yourself to.
