Beware, using lip balm this way can threaten your health

News24xx.com - The use of lip balm is highly recommended to avoid dry, cracked lips and stop the damage on the appearance of lips. Lip balm is also designed to 'lock' the moisture of the lips so that the air will not dry it quickly.

For the sake of practicality and convenience, some lip balm manufacturers issued containers in the form of tubes without applicators. Just with your fingers and lips saved from the risk of dryness. Nothing wrong indeed if the finger is the most practical mainstay for applying lip balm. In addition, the use of fingers also makes it easier for you to flatten and feel all the parts of the lips to flatter the lip balm.

However, the body is watched by health risks due to the use of lip balm with fingers. Using lip balm with a finger means that people must be prepared with the entry of various bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms that cause disease that spreads through the fingers.

According to Elaine Larson, an infectious disease researcher and professor at Columbia University, the content of antigens in lip balm cannot prevent bacterial growth. "It won't protect if you have bacteria on your fingers when using lip balm" Larson was quoted from Prevention, October 17th 2018.

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