I Am Glad I Am Done Having Babies!
August 31, 2008 by Christina Jones
Filed under Beauty, Beauty News, Body Care, Fragrance
Interesting research out of Scotland lands at the BBC today – “Pregnant women have been told that not using perfumes or scented creams may reduce the risk of unborn boys developing infertility in later life.” [source]
The point is, that these researchers seem to have found a connection between fragrance and reproductive health in male offspring of rats. Honestly, that is a little scary to me. I have always been one of those folks who never worried about that *stuff.* I continued to color my hair, and certainly never considered not wearing moisturizer, lotion and makeup during my pregnancy. I hope my son doesn’t pay for that later on.
I know all of this is such a hot topic, and maybe its a wise thing to be concerned about. I am just glad I don’t have to worry about it anymore. Do you worry?
I am not having children. But I think it might be better to be safe than sorry within reason. You can’t walk around in a bubble when you are pregnant. I think that walking around, sniffing up all that smog is probably more dangerous than rubbing lotion on your legs! Having said that, if you are not comfortable doing something (or the negative side effects are well established in science and medicine), don’t do it.
This seems like an incredibly conservative position but the scientist is right, if you want to avoid ANY possible problems caused by using cosmetics, it’s best to avoid them.
But I think this is way over the top. Probably made by a man who doesn’t give much thought to his own appearance.
Yes, some cosmetic chemicals have potential to be unhealthy. But this warning ignores important factors like dose, genetics, environment, etc.
The same kind of warning could be made about food (natural and processed). Would he suggest we avoid eating if we can?