1, wet tissue is not a disinfectant.
Experts remind that wet tissues contain a variety of additives, and excessive contact may cause skin allergies. The best disinfection method is to wash hands with soap and rinse with running water.
It is forbidden to mark the sterilization function on wet paper towels.
The reporter visited a number of supermarkets and found that there are dozens of brands of wet tissue. At present, there are many kinds of wet wipes on the market with different uses, which can be basically divided into two categories. One kind is ordinary wet wipes that can disinfect themselves but can't disinfect other items. They contain skin care ingredients and can only moisturize and maintain the skin. The other is a kind of disinfection wet towel, which can not only disinfect yourself, but also disinfect other items. Generally speaking, the disinfection or sterilization ingredients will be indicated on the package. Some wet wipes are advertised as "as long as they are healthy, there is no bacteria", claiming that they can play a bacteriostatic role.
According to the "Regulations on the Management of Labeling Instructions in disinfection products" issued by the Ministry of Health, sanitary wipes, wet wipes and other products are prohibited to indicate the users and shelf life of disinfection, sterilization, disinfection, medicine, high efficiency, non-toxicity, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, treatment of diseases, alleviation or alleviation of disease symptoms, anti-inflammation and no inspection basis.
Wang Yongchun, deputy chief physician of dermatology department of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, said that although disinfection wipes can be used to wipe hands, clean tables and chairs, wash hands before and after meals or without water or soap, their functions are limited to this. Because some disinfectant wipes contain ingredients that also affect the human body, such as chlorine, bleaching powder, alcohol and so on. These ingredients will not be indicated on the package, but they will irritate the skin, mucous membrane and eyes and destroy the sebum membrane that protects the skin. Regular use will dry the skin.
Most female care wipes are added with bactericidal drugs, claiming that "it can clean private parts, avoid bacterial growth and avoid odor." But Wang Yongchun doesn't recommend that women often use it to wipe their private parts. Although nursing wet wipes can play a certain bacteriostatic role, they can't sterilize, but will break the original acid-base balance in women's bodies and cause various gynecological diseases.
Because the baby's skin is very delicate, baby wipes requires more wet wipes than adults. Baby wipes is divided into ordinary wet wipes (wiping the bottom) and special wet wipes for hands and mouth. Wang Yongchun pointed out that baby wipes should not add alcohol, essence, preservative and fluorescent agent, but it should not be taken lightly. Especially for babies who love to eat their hands, they can't always wipe their hands with wet wipes. They can wipe it with gauze or towel dipped in warm water.
2. Wet paper towels can't replace hand washing.
The liquid content of wet tissue is generally about 80%, and the main components are water and additives. In order to avoid the reaction between water and liquid medicine, the water used for wet wipes must be specially treated water such as refined water and pure water.
There are many kinds of additives, including wetting agents such as propylene glycol, which can help the effective substances in the liquid medicine to dissolve in water and make the water nonvolatile; Preservatives such as phenoxyethanol and methyl paraben can keep the activity of various substances in wet tissue; Antimicrobial agents, such as sodium lactate and eucalyptus leaves, kill and inhibit bacteria in hand sanitizer; Surfactants, such as polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil and polyether, are used to remove dirt and grease to achieve cleaning effect.
Generally speaking, if we wash our hands with soap, we can basically kill all the bacteria on our hands, and with the washing of tap water, the eggs of Ascaris can also be washed away, but using wet paper towels is not so effective. Because most people don't wash their hands after using wet tissues, chemicals will remain on their hands. A study in the United States shows that when wet tissue is reused, it can not only remove bacteria, but also transfer some remaining bacteria to the uncontaminated surface. Therefore, it should be noted that it is best to change a paper towel every time you wipe a new surface.
Common wet paper towels are easy to be allergic.
Xiao Guo, a young girl, usually likes to carry a bag of wet paper towels with her to wipe her sweat and hands. It is not easy to leave paper, and it can also sterilize and decontaminate. However, during this time, she found that her face was inexplicably red, swollen and itchy. It turned out that she had dermatitis with a wet tissue.
In this regard, Dr. Gao, deputy chief physician of the Department of Dermatology, Subei Hospital, Yangzhou City, said that many consumers think that "wet tissue" should be paper as its name implies. But the main raw material for producing wet wipes is actually non-woven fabric, and its main component is polypropylene grade polypropylene. Because wet wipes contain a variety of additives, skin contact preservatives, alcohol and other chemical components are too much, which is easy to cause skin allergy problems such as contact dermatitis. Moreover, the use of a large number of wet wipes not only wastes valuable oil resources, but also is not easy to decompose after being discarded, which is easy to cause new "white pollution".
Dr. Gao suggested that you should use less wet tissues to wipe your face, especially don't directly wipe your eyes, middle ears and mucous membranes, and don't directly wipe sensitive parts such as wounds or private parts. If the skin is red, swollen and itchy after use, stop using it immediately.
3, the correct choice of wet tissue
Wang Yongchun suggested that when buying wet wipes, we should pay attention to whether there is product quality certification, choose reputable manufacturers and buy them in regular or large supermarkets.
In addition, the high-quality wet wipes have soft fragrance and no irritating smell; And inferior wet wipes have obvious pungent smell. Generally speaking, high-quality wet wipes are mostly made of non-woven fabrics, with soft and white texture and no impurities; Inferior wet wipes will have obvious impurities. When in use, high-quality wet wipes will not be fuzz; Inferior wet wipes have obvious fluff, which is irritating to the skin and easy to itch. If the skin feels itchy and painful after use, stop using it immediately. Before buying baby wipes, you can try it on the back of your hand to see if there is obvious alcohol stimulation.
4. How to replenish water and moisturize in winter
1, sufficient water and nutrition intake.
Maintain the amount of eight glasses of water every day, regulate the body from the inside, and make the skin tender from the inside out. Besides, eating more fruits and vegetables can supplement the protein, fat and sugar needed by the human body, which is closely related to facial skin beauty.
2. Use skin care products with moisturizing effect
In addition to the usual moisturizing skin care products, even cleaning products should be cautious. It is best not to use foam cleanser for dry and peeling skin, because people with dry skin are more or less short of oil and water. If you use this cleaner, you will wash off the excess oil on your skin. Moreover, you can mix a small amount of olive oil into the cosmetics you usually use, because olive oil contains vitamins A, D and E, which has a good effect on dry skin allergies. Ordinary vaseline can also play a certain role in moisturizing.
3. Moisturize and moisturize the skin
In winter, the skin is easier to dry and exfoliate, so pay more attention to hydrating and moisturizing than usual, especially dry skin. We can apply some essence with good moisturizing function to our face, and then apply some moisturizing cream, which will have better moisturizing effect.
Step 4 get enough sleep
It is said that beauty sleep shows how important sleep is to beauty skin. Good work and rest can better maintain the skin and reduce various skin problems. 8 pm to 12 pm is the best time for skin repair and renewal. When sleeping, the body almost no longer secretes neurohormones, and the skin can be relaxed and rested, so a good work and rest can bring better skin.