"The Latest Glitter Craze Is Hard To Swallow" - Nicole Pesce
Beauty bloggers are eating this glitter trend up. Doctors warn that getting glitter in your eye can scratch your cornea, which can get infected and cause complications - like even losing your eye. "These glitter particles are actually little shards of plastic. These are sharp objects that are very small, and they are really hard to get out if they get into your eyes," said Avnish Deobhakta, MD, assistant professor of vitreoretinal surgery and ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "Any corneal abrasions can hurt quite a lot." Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, associate professor of dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the director of the Skin of Color Center at Mount Sinai said that getting glitter inside broken skin - such as a cut, bug bite, rash or eczema - can cause allergic reactions or contact dermatitis. "And since these products certainly aren't sterilized, they can also introduce bacteria or some other pathogens into your body and cause infections," Dr. Alexis added.
- Avnish Deobhakta, MD, Assistant Professor, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, The Skin of Color Center at Mount Sinai, Site Chair, Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai St. Luke's-Mount Sinai West