Zandile Mboshane

Zandile Mboshane

Creative Director
Hairmatology

To hand sanitize or not to hand sanitize? That is the question…

Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
WhatsApp

According to Cosmetics and Toiletries due to the high demand of hand sanitizer in response to the Corona Virus, the FDA(Food and Drug Administration) of America hasn’t made it compulsory for manufacturers of alcohol based hand sanitizers or hand rubs to disclose the methods they use to manufacture these products or to prove that they are safe for use on ones hands. Second to that, the WHO method of making hand sanitizer includes hydrogen peroxide which is not safe to use on ones hands. In the South African context if the hand sanitizer is SABS approved the product is required to undergo a dermal irritation test as part of the approval process. With that said, SABS approval is not a requirement for one to sell hand sanitizers within the South African market. In light of such information can one trust that the hand sanitizer they’re using is actually safe to use on ones hands?

There seems to be no contention that effectively washing your hands with clean water and soap, which is an elementary good hygiene practice, is one of the best ways to combat the virus. In the instance where people don’t have access to clean running water and soap, then hand sanitizers are the alternative. With the hype that’s been created around hand sanitizers, common sense has gone out the window because even in instances where people have access to clean water and soap they’re still opting to use hand sanitizers. After the National State of Disaster was announced in South Africa, I saw instances where methylated spirits and Dettol antiseptic liquid were being used as hand sanitizers in some of the establishments. The reality is when one goes into the shop and gets their hands sanitized one doesn’t actually know whether what’s in the bottle is safe to use directly on ones hands.

With the current state of the hand sanitizer market, my recommendation would be for people to wear gloves when going into the shops and having the gloves sanitized rather than their bare hands. I’ve found that the standard gloves one uses for household chores like washing dishes are chemically resistant to hand sanitizers. When buying hand sanitizers for personal use, my view is opting for hand sanitizers, be it in the form of a liquid, or gel or wet wipes, that are 99.9% effective against germs and have been dermatologically tested to be safe to use on ones hands.

Sources:

Lets talk Parabens…

Parabens are preservatives that are used in hair products, particularly water based products to increase the shelf life of the product by preventing disease causing pathogens from growing in the products.

40 Responses

  1. There is noticeably a lot to know about this. I feel you made certain nice points in features also. Aliza Abeu Wilmott

  2. I am actually happy to glance at this web site posts which includes plenty of valuable information, thanks for providing such information. Neely Booth Latoye

  3. I absolutely love your blog.. Pleasant colors & theme.
    Did you develop this site yourself? Please reply back as I’m planning to create my own personal website and would like
    to find out where you got this from or what the theme is called.
    Thanks!

  4. I am no longer sure the place you are getting your information, but good
    topic. I must spend some time finding out more or
    working out more. Thank you for wonderful info I used to be in search of this information for
    my mission.

  5. Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wanted to mention that I have truly loved browsing your weblog posts.
    In any case I will be subscribing on your feed and I’m hoping you write again very soon! 0mniartist asmr

  6. Having read this I believed it was very informative.

    I appreciate you spending some time and effort
    to put this informative article together. I once again find
    myself spending a lot of time both reading and posting comments.

    But so what, it was still worthwhile!

  7. Do you mind if I quote a couple of your articles as long as
    I provide credit and sources back to your website?
    My website is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my visitors would genuinely
    benefit from a lot of the information you present here.

    Please let me know if this alright with you. Thanks!

    1. It depends on how you want to use the content.

      Do you want to republish it as it is or do you want to use part of of the article?

    1. Thanks for the compliment. What part of the conclusion are you referring to? Your comment is a bit vague…

  8. Today, I went to the beach front with my kids. I found a
    sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to
    her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.
    She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is totally
    off topic but I had to tell someone!

    Also visit my blog; xe88 game apk

  9. I’ll immediately grab your rss feed as I can not in finding your email subscription link or e-newsletter service.

    Do you’ve any? Kindly permit me realize in order that I could subscribe.
    Thanks.

    Look into my web-site … 3win8apk

  10. An impressive share! I have just forwarded this onto a coworker who was doing a little research on this.
    And he actually bought me dinner because I found it for him…
    lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!!
    But yeah, thanx for spending some time to
    talk about this subject here on your blog.

  11. Hi there I am so grateful I found your webpage, I really found you by mistake,
    while I was searching on Digg for something else, Nonetheless
    I am here now and would just like to say thanks a lot for a tremendous post and a all round enjoyable blog
    (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to look over it all at
    the minute but I have book-marked it and also added in your RSS
    feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read much more, Please do keep up the awesome work.

  12. hey there and thank you for your info –
    I have definitely picked up anything new from right here.

    I did however expertise several technical points using this web
    site, as I experienced to reload the web site many times previous to I could get it
    to load correctly. I had been wondering if your
    web hosting is OK? Not that I’m complaining, but sluggish loading instances times will sometimes affect your placement in google and
    can damage your high quality score if ads and marketing with Adwords.
    Anyway I’m adding this RSS to my e-mail and
    can look out for a lot more of your respective interesting
    content. Make sure you update this again very soon.

  13. When someone writes an paragraph he/she retains the idea of a user in his/her brain that how a
    user can know it. Thus that’s why this piece of writing is outstdanding.
    Thanks!

  14. Howdy would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re working with? I’m going to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a hard time choosing between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something completely unique. P.S Sorry for being off-topic but I had to ask!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Newsletter

Subscribe