The love-hate relationship between breast diseases and cosmetics

This is the 4488th article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

Everyone loves beauty. For women, putting on makeup in daily work and life can not only impress others but also please themselves. Nowadays, cosmetics have become a necessity for most women. However, the dazzling array of cosmetics in shopping malls, in addition to bringing beauty to the world, will they also bring harm to health?

Due to the differences in cosmetic raw materials, some friends often suffer from allergies, which requires us to keep our eyes open and carefully identify when purchasing cosmetics. In particular, female friends with allergies should choose products that are more gentle and more suitable for their skin type.

Nowadays, the market is flooded with problematic cosmetics that contain added estrogen or metal ingredients. Using these cosmetics will not only make your skin worse, but may even cause diseases!

Women have a love-hate relationship with estrogen. While it makes women youthful and beautiful, it can potentially cause a variety of gynecological diseases. Breast cancer is the most sensitive to estrogen. When estradiol in the blood reaches a certain level, it can stimulate the growth of breast tumor cells. Uterine fibroids are also sensitive to estrogen. High estradiol levels can stimulate the growth of fibroids. High estradiol levels can also cause the growth of endometriosis. It can be seen that estrogen is a double-edged sword.

Cosmetics and Breast Nodules

The cause of breast nodules may be related to factors such as breast damage or infection, gene mutation, and endocrine hormone level disorders. For the time being, no inevitable connection between the occurrence of nodules and cosmetics has been found. Therefore, there are no strict taboos for patients with breast nodules to choose cosmetics, but they should try to avoid using cosmetics containing irritating ingredients such as alcohol and hormones to avoid certain irritation to the skin. If the breast nodules are benign, there are no obvious symptoms of discomfort, and the nodules are small, generally no special treatment is required. Follow the doctor's advice for regular check-ups and closely monitor the condition. If the breast nodules are relatively large or there is a possibility of malignant transformation, the preferred treatment method is surgical treatment. For breast nodules with malignant transformation, further chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc. are usually required after surgery. In addition, it is recommended that women pay attention to their own breast health, perform breast self-examinations every month, and go to the hospital in time if there are lumps or discomfort symptoms such as pain when touching the breasts.

Cosmetics and Breast Cancer

Using qualified cosmetics will not cause breast cancer. Because the country has strict requirements on cosmetics, most cosmetics are extracted from plants or animals and will not affect women's health. However, breast enhancement, body beauty, whitening and female health products may contain high doses of hormones. Applying them externally on the chest or body may cause breast cancer. Both sex hormones and glucocorticoids will disrupt the endocrine balance of the human body, and in severe cases, they will cause breast cancer.

Can I still wear makeup if I have breast cancer?

Of course you can. Try to avoid some additives that are high-risk for breast cancer patients. It is recommended to choose products with quality assurance and national certification and inspection. Pay attention to the ingredients of the products and choose products that do not contain too many chemical additives and hormones, such as parabens, mineral oils, dihydroxyethylamine and heavy metals. Women are born to love beauty. Even if they have breast cancer, they can still dress themselves up beautifully. Keeping a good mood is the spiritual pillar on the road to fighting cancer.

Choose cosmetics scientifically to protect women's health

Cosmetics include cleaning, maintenance, beauty and other categories. Different ingredients have different effects. It is not ruled out that some products add or excessively add ingredients that are harmful to human health in order to pursue effects one-sidedly. When choosing cosmetics, especially female friends, we should learn more about cosmetics knowledge, study the ingredients more, pay more attention to the body's reactions after use, and stop using or seek medical attention in time if there are any abnormalities. From experience, daily necessities used by infants and pregnant women are relatively safe due to higher testing standards. Let us protect beauty while protecting women's health.

Author: Chu Juhang