Beware the Bacteria in Your Face Cream Jar

It has often been said that face creams can do wonders for our skin, especially if they have the right combination of ingredients. As it happens, it’s these ingredients in the creams that also make them extremely good for bacteria growth – which is why applying them with the tiny spatula they come with, and not with the fingers, is highly recommended.

Bacteria thrive precisely in the kind of moist environment that a jar of cream can provide. If we also happen to leave the container in a cabinet in the bathroom, where it’s also warm, then we’re almost certain to get some sort of infection or, at the very least, render the cream inefficient. Moreover, this is only possible if, instead of using a tiny spatula, we put our fingers inside the jar and scoop out cream that we apply to the face, because this is how we introduce bacteria into an environment where they can only multiply, health experts and beauticians warn.

What happens in such cases, experts also say, is that the bacteria can create an unbalance in our skin, which can either lead to a breakout or an overall deterioration in its aspect. If not, then we will surely alter the PH level of the product, wherein its many benefits also rely. This means that, once we have put our fingers in the jar and introduced bacteria in it, the cream will no longer do what it was supposed to, so we might as well have thrown our money in the wind.