Faced with the multiplication of beauty institutes for children, dermatologists report that aesthetic acts and cosmetic products are useless and risky for the youngest.
- In recent years, children’s beauty institutes, where aesthetic acts have been practiced and have been used cosmetic products have multiplied.
- The French Society of Pediatric Dermatology (SFDP) warns that this care can cause allergies, hormonal problems, renal failure and burns in toddlers.
- The skin of the youngest “requires nothing else for its current maintenance than a water toilet with a soft cleaning product”.
“Despite widely disseminated marketing messages”, There is “No beauty routine to advise in children”. This is what the French Society of Dermatology and its thematic group underline, the French Society of Pediatric Dermatology (SFDP), in a press release. The latter were arrested due to the development and multiplication of beauty institutes for young children. On February 3, they alerted to the possible risk of the aesthetic practices used and the cosmetic products used, such as facial masks, nail polish or body developments, as well as possible psychological repercussions.
Allergies, hormonal disorders: cosmetic products are not safe for children
According to dermatologists, there is no regulatory day defining cosmetics specifically intended for the child. “There are only substances and ingredients prohibited in children. The usual risks of cosmetics for the skin include: allergic awareness, non -allergic irritation, and photosensitization (awareness of solar light). Certain substances for cosmetic use applied On the skin, nails or hair can also have harmful consequences on other organs by diffusion through the skin or by the ingestion of these products, in children. “
In addition, specialists report that cosmetic ingredients are suspected of being endocrine disruptors. Some contain essential oils, namely complex mixtures of natural chemicals extracted from a vegetable raw material. As a reminder, the latter are not recommended for children due to the presence of potentially toxic substances. As for “organic cosmetics” products, they do not guarantee better health security. “A product labeled as biological is an agricultural or food product from organic farming, meeting the requirements of European legislation. Cosmetics do not fall under this legislation, nor European organic certification. Logos, mentions, or labels Affixed on these products are only private or associative certifications. “
Aesthetic acts can increase the risk of kidney failure and burns
The SFDP also mentioned the dangers of aesthetic acts practiced in beauty institutes. For good reason, in 2024, the National Health Safety Agency (ANSES) alerted to hair straightening products based on glyoxylic acid due to several reported renal failure linked to these products. “The ANSM not recommended in 2016 the installation of artificial nails before the age of 16. She issued in 2021 an alert on the risk of thermal burn caused by the cyanoacrylate glues used for the installation of artificial nails during Projection on textiles in contact with the skin. “
Dermatologists recall that outside dermatological diseases, the skin of children is neither too dry, too fat, nor red, nor wrinkled. So she “There is nothing else for its current maintenance than a water toilet with a soft cleaning product, rinsing and drying well, in order to respect the barrier function of the skin”.
