The doctor Pilar López Criado, head of the Multidisciplinary Skin and Melanoma Unit at MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, warns that skin cancer is not always related to the sun, since other factors, such as overexposure to toxins in aesthetic treatments, “can cause irreversible damage“.
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“There are more and more people who resort to poorly controlled aesthetic treatments that can cause skin injuries.“, he warned. In this sense, the specialist emphasizes that this problematic It also happens in the aesthetics of nails, eyebrows or barbershops, in the case of men. “We must be aware of the risk we run and go to centers that really offer a guarantee,” says the doctor.
However, many times the aesthetic against correct medical treatment. You should go to qualified beauty centers, where hygiene is taken care of and thus avoid the use of solvents or glues that do not comply with European health recommendationsFor example.
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“We are seeing squamous cell carcinomas that could be cured well, but because they affect the face, they dominate aesthetics and are being treated incorrectly. even generating vital complications“he warns.
On the other hand, exposure to other known toxins such as tobacco It could also cause significant damage to the skin, degenerating it and affecting aging.
Added to this whole situation is the power of social networks and trends, which generate a desire every time older for having a good image and always being perfecteither.
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“The influencer of the moment has more power than what the doctor says,” asserts Pilar López Criado. In this regard, the doctor gives as an example the trend of gel nails or hair extensions.
“In the case of nails, I go to a center and put them on in any way, using any material and looking for the cheapest. The same thing happens with hair: I put extensions anywhere, without considering the effect that this can have. have short and, especially, in the medium and long term“he adds, explaining that these practices can trigger problems such as alopecia, which has no solution because it has been damaged the hair follicle, or carcinomas caused by inadequate cosmetic treatments on the nails.
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