Women must be rather careful in everyday life when they are pregnant. Things they must pay attention to not only include foods, clothes and sports, but also include the cosmetics they use. Some cosmetics like hair dye are not suitable for pregnant women to use.

Anti-blotch cream often contains a large amount of . Mercury is a kind of heavy metal which is rather harmful to the human health. Anti-blotch cream can only remove the spots temporarily. If women stop using anti-blotch cream, the spots will appear again. However, if women always spread anti-blotch cream containing mercury on the face, great danger to the human nerve system and urinary system can be caused. When women are pregnant, the change of internal hormone can worsen the spots. Pregnant women should not use anti-blotch cream in order to keep healthy.

According to some medical experts, hair dye can not only cause skin cancer, but also cause breast cancer and fetal anomaly. Some women who work in barbershop often get habitual abortion. The vital reason is just hair dye. Therefore, in order to protect the babies, expectant mothers should never use hair dye.

Pregnant women must also be rather careful when they use perfume. Nowadays, artificial musk is widely used in the production of cosmetics and perfume. However, artificial musk can disturb the internal secretion. According to the research findings in Japan, artificial musk can be left in the breast milk and adipose tissue to endanger the babies. In addition, artificial musk can also affect the normal functions of hormone. Fetuses and babies are easily affected by chemical substances and get various diseases. Mothers and expectant mothers should pay great attention to the perfume products.

Lipstick can not be used casually, either. Lipstick is made of various kinds of oil, wax, pigment and spice. Wool oil contained in oil can absorb various trace elements of heavy metal in the air which are rather harmful to the human health. It can also send Escherichia coli to the body of a fetus. When a pregnant woman paint lipstick, the dust and other toxic substances will be adsorbed on the mouth, and be sent into the human body by saliva to further endanger the fetus. Therefore, pregnant women should not always paint lipstick.

All the cosmetics mentioned above endanger the health of both expectant mothers and their fetuses. In order to keep healthy for themselves and their babies, pregnant women must be rather careful when they have to use the cosmetics.