Personal Care Products Personal care products such as makeup, creams, lotions, and other toiletries are abundant in the bathrooms and bedrooms of every home. Personal care products continue to be the number one non-pharmaceutical substance involved in poisoning exposures. While you cannot keep these and other products out of the home it is important to realize their potential dangers to your children. Most exposures to personal care products occur in the home but many also occur at salons, as well. Manicurist tables are just the right height for a toddler to be able to reach the top.
Few salons are baby-proof.
They are made of strong bases which can cause severe burns to your child's mouth, throat, and stomach. The burns may not show up immediately but develop over a few hours. A child who swallows this type of product may appear fine right after the exposure, but will develop symptoms several hours later. Most hair coloring products contain a chemical called paraphenylenediamene which can cause severe vomiting when ingested. Simple skin contact may result in an allergic reaction such as swelling of your child's face, neck, and throat.