CCTV investigation into the quality of home beauty instrument situation: easy allergies burns , remove makeup is not as clean as using your hands. These years, like thin face instrument, skin rejuvenation instrument and other home beauty instrument in the market in a big way, however, the investigation shows that the effect of some products is not as good as advertised, and may even hurt the consumer's face.
Medical experts told reporters that, whether it is micro-current, or electro-ionic, home beauty instrument claimed that these photoelectric technology, in the field of medical cosmetology is collectively referred to as photoelectric therapy, corresponding to the professional medical equipment. Because of its photoelectric strength, direct action in the dermis, in order to ensure the safety and effectiveness, in accordance with the requirements of the medical device management approach, the need for strict classification record management.
At present, the home beauty instrument is only a small home appliance under the branch of the skin hair care appliances, does not belong to the category of medical device management. For safety reasons, the photoelectric strength of the home beauty instrument is far less than the output level of medical equipment, the beauty effect is naturally minimal.
Because it does not belong to the category of medical device management, the effect of home beauty instrument does not require clinical verification, there is no home beauty instrument beauty effect of the relevant standards, in order to increase sales, some companies claim that the sales of random, and even hype the concept of the consumer's actual experience is often not up to the publicity of the so good.
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Nickel release exceeds the limit value of hundreds of times, allergy problems
A few days ago, in order to understand the quality of such hot products, the Shenzhen Consumer Council specifically organized a comparative test of home beauty instrument, a **** from the e-commerce platform Selected 10 models of high concern, good sales of home beauty instrument.
Five of them are micro-current type beauty instrument, involving NuFACE, NuMiSi, KangBaoShi, JinDaoyi and RiFa 5 brands, and there are also 5 models of electro-ionic type beauty instrument, involving the brand SKG, Panasonic, MKE, Notime and YaMeng. In terms of price, there are 6 models below 500 yuan and 4 models above 500 yuan, basically covering the best-selling brands and types of home beauty meters.
Home beauty meters are in direct contact with the skin when in use, and may pose a health and safety risk if the harmful substances in the metal plating of the massage head or handle exceed the standard. The comparative test first based on our country with the recommended standards of beauty instrument and the European Union standards on the chemical safety indicators of the 10 samples were tested, the results found that 6 of the 10 samples of nickel release does not meet the requirements of the relevant standards, accounting for the total number of samples as much as 60%.
The reporter noted that the six products are all hot brands on the market, including the highest value of nickel release samples or a well-known brand products, the test results found that the sample of the massage roller parts of the nickel release exceeded the EU limit of nearly 80 times the requirements of the handle parts of the nickel release of nearly 150 times the EU limit.
The reporter learned in the investigation, the current market in China's household beauty instrument commonly used metal ion plating process, the process of adding nickel can increase the wear resistance of the product, so that the beauty instrument metal plating is more bright. But nickel is also the most common allergenic metal, long-term or repeated use of nickel release does not meet the requirements of the product, may cause allergic symptoms.
The reporter found through the search, in recent years, reflecting the use of home beauty equipment after skin allergies in a few consumers. In Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Center, dermatology experts told reporters that the proportion of nickel allergy population in China is very high. Some statistics show that about 20% of people are allergic to nickel.
Shenzhen Municipal Consumer Council consumer survey found that consumers use the beauty instrument will be in direct contact with the skin, each time the use of an average of 10 to 15 minutes, medical experts said, such a frequency of use has been enough to lead to nickel-allergic people with varying degrees of allergic symptoms.
The staff in charge of the comparative test told reporters that, due to the current state of our country in the relevant standards of beauty instrument does not require nickel release, can not form a constraint on the enterprise, some enterprises in the production of more concerned about the cost control, the use of nickel-free process is not highly motivated, is the cause of household beauty instrument nickel allergy is one of the main reasons for the problem of nickel allergy prominent.