Beauty salons, a risk to your health

Christmas is approaching and with it our visits to the beauty salon. However, do you know that these places, in addition to offering treatments that make us see well, are a source of irrigation for health ?

Mexican women spend an average of 73 hours a week on our personal care, she says. INEGI , and between 50% to 60% of our salary according to data from Expo Beauty.

This search for beauty can cost us more than time and money, also life.

For the dermatologist Shelly Sekula , of the Legislation Committee for the Texas Dematological society , the existing risks in these spaces are due to a cause: lack of hygiene.

The specialist points out that the absence of machines to sterilize knives, scissors or cut nails can cause the transmission of diseases, as well as other health risks.

Among the most frequent diseases of a beauty salon are:

Mushrooms . These are the most common, mainly if we talk about procedures for feet or hands. They usually affect the nails and skin of these parts of the body.

Hepatitis B and C. Both make up 75% of the liver diseases that Mexicans suffer. Further, Institute of Public Health reports that 80% of those affected with hepatitis C are unaware they are ill.

HIV AIDS . This disease is not only transmitted sexually, but also by objects contaminated with the virus.

Before attending a beauty salon it would be preferable to observe that you have basic hygiene measures, such as the use of gloves by the staff, cleaning of the work area, sterilization of the work material.

Beauty costs, but it does not have to put our health at risk

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