Nowadays, the current pandemic situation that is going on around the world has brought a sudden rise in the use and sale of hand sanitizers. These hand sanitizers were also used before the pandemic. People know that these sanitizers wash the germs from their hands and keep them clean. But that's not the complete story.

Problems with hand sanitizers:

Most companies that have hand sanitizer wipes for sale and also other hand sanitizers tend to forget the negative side of the hand sanitizers and give the customers the information about the positive side only. The people are not aware of the negatives, and they need to get informed about these. So let's shine a light of the said negative points.

• Effects on skin
Using the traditional alcohol-based hand sanitizers will most of the times, make your hand fell more worn out than the rest of your body. Alcohol is a skin irritant, and it tempers with the natural oil production of the body, making the skin dry and flaky.

The alcohol-based hand sanitizers as said make the hands dry, and due to the dryness, the hands tend to age quicker and for wrinkles quickly.

• Leads to development of superbug
Coming to the nonalcohol based sanitizers, instead of alcohol they contain "triclosan". Triclosan is a potent anti-bacterial agent, and the overuse of this triclosan will lead to the formation of superbugs. These superbugs are diseases that are resistant to traditional antibiotics. Several studies show that triclosan overuse can give birth to very hard to kill bacterial, and sometimes it also affects your immune system making one more vulnerable to any disease.

• Contains unknown and dangerous chemicals
People buying hand sanitizers from shops and also those people who shop hand sanitizing wipes online need to know those hand sanitizers contain several other chemicals other than alcohol or triclosan. Scented hand sanitizers have a chemical called phthalates, which causes severe problems in hormone productions. These hand sanitizers contain a lot more number of chemical that is sometimes not told by the company. These chemicals sink deep into our skins and cause irritation and other problems.

• Increases skin's absorption of BPA
BPA refers to Bispheno that is a hazardous chemical that affects the endocrine system causing hormone disorder, cancer and also affects other body functions. Several studies show that right before touching anything if we use hand sanitizer, the BPA absorption of our skin increases, and we tend to absorb more BPA then.

Conclusion:

Hand sanitizers do keep our hands germ-free, but they also possess several adverse effects. The company’s manufacturing these hand sanitizers should inform their customers about the entire positive and negative sides both and customers should again do some research before buying.