Use of ‘emergency’ mehndi cones must be banned as they contain many strong chemicals, which cause of skin cancer.
KARACHI: Karachi , the city of lights, will soon turn into the city of beauty parlours. Every other street of the city has a signboard above doors indicating there are plenty of beauty secrets inside that can transform you within hours into the pictures displayed outside the shop — comprising mostly Indian actors or actresses.
These parlours, which owing to their services have now become increasingly popular, especially among young girls, are practising some very worrying procedures which can be damaging for the skin and overall health. Many salons use the wrong type of skin products and make excessive use of bleaching agents for skin whitening purposes, which often leaves white patches on the skin. Sometimes they cause blemishes and scars as well.
Not taking care of hygiene during manicures and pedicures can lead to fungal infections in the skin and nails and worse, such carelessness can cause one to contract chronic diseases such as hepatitis B.
More often than not, the girls working in these parlours are not trained in maintenance of hygiene while attending to clients. The clients visiting these parlours must, at least, take into account the products that are being applied on their skin and hair and should ensure that the creams and dyes used are safe and suitable for them.
Moreover, the use of ‘emergency’ mehndi cones must also be banned as they contain many strong chemicals, which are a cause of skin cancer.
Authorities must look into this matter and try to make strict regulations regarding this issue in order to protect innocent people from being so easily fooled into being a disastrous beauty icon.
Areeba Arif
Published in The Express Tribune, April 27th, 2014.
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