Hilmi: Be careful with cosmetics

GEORGE TOWN: The Health Ministry has urged cosmetics users to be more diligent when buying the items, especially online.

Its deputy minister, Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya, said every item which had the ministry’s approval would bear a hologram that could be detected by a scanner on the packaging.

“Every shop has the scanner and buyers can scan the product. If the hologram does not appear, it means the item does not have the ministry’s approval. I urge everyone to be careful as selling of fake cosmetics via the Internet is on the rise,” he told a press conference here yesterday.

Recently, a picture of a woman’s face that was left burnt after using a cosmetic product purchased online went viral on social media.

Following that incident, the ministry banned 10 products, namely Melan: Off Intensive Mask, Melan: Off Cream, Afrina Night Cream, Afrina Daily Cream, Krim Herba Kemboja, Day Pinky Cream, Night Glow Cream, Debella Nadien Glow Night Cream, Mekar Semilu Scrub Muka Mutiara Beauty Collection and Mekar Semilu Cream Mekarsutra.