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NAFDAC warns against too much use of bleaching cosmetics

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The NAFDAC boss says the majority of SPA outlets in the nation’s cosmopolitan cities are culpable of the unhealthy practice of mixing chemicals and natural products like pawpaw, carrot and others to make creams, for the clients’ use.

has warned Nigerians against too much use of bleaching cosmetics, saying it could lead to skin cancer.

Mrs Adeyeye said an abusive use of cosmetics could even lead to internal damage of body organs as well as cause death. Mrs Adeyeye said the formulation was thereafter packaged, labelled, and sold online to clients, adding that SPA owners have gone further to influence some clinics with medical doctors joining to carry out these nefarious activities.

She disclosed that most of the products used in the mixture were smuggled into the country and unregistered, citing formulations containing Kojic Acid, and Hydroquinone above their permissible substance limits. “The lightening of skin today can be cancer tomorrow, many of the importers smuggle the products into the country under the guise of Global listing to bypass NAFDAC inspection.

 

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Its time to ban bleaching creams and those dangerous only God knows what, they put in small bottles and mix creams.

NAFDAC no be food again? abi una don turn LASTMA wey dey do police & road safety work ?

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