Nowadays, we are obsessed by our body and by the way we look. There are people who often do plastic surgeries and many people turn to eye surgeons, cosmetic dentists, hair and make-up artists, stylists and to personal trainers to modify their bodies and their appearance.
But these procedures are very expensive, so young people modify their appearance through more simple ways: they do tattoos, dye their hair and get sun tanned.
The number of young European people that change their hair colour is increasing every day. But if you are looking for a modern appearance you can have a surprise... Some people are over sensitive to the chemical substances that exist in the dye products. They can cause breathing difficulties, hair loss, burning, redness, eye’s and neck’s swelling and even hospitalization! (Click here to have more information: http://www.fda.gov/WOMENS/getthefacts/hairdye.html).
In 2006, 22 dye products were forbidden by the EU (click here to read more information http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1047 ). In Denmark, 75% of young girls dye their hair and they start doing it at the age of 16. Only Japan has a bigger percentage: 85%.
Tattoos seem to be “cool”: there are a lot of celebrities that show their tattoos and talk about them. But doing tattoos has some risks: it can cause infections and reactions like allergies, irritation, nodules, organ damages, scares and sun sensitive growing.
Before doing a tattoo, you should look for some information about problems caused by tattoos, talk to a doctor about your skin characteristics, talk to people who already did tattoos and examine the studio’s hygiene, experience and professionalism.
We like to see a tanned person and we usually say “You are so pale that you look like sick. You must get sun tanned!”. Celebrities are always tanned and some people do solaria programmes. We like sun and it is good to our health (skin vitamin D production) and humour but we must have precautions. If we don’t respect the advices to avoid sunburns, we may get reddened skin, feel pain in the burned area and later skin cancer.
Diana Chagas
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