Nowadays, many people choose medical masks instead of conventional fabric masks because of its convenience and cheapness because they are only for use. once, no need to wash.
Medical masks are considered an essential item for everyone when circulating on the street, especially with the current environmental pollution in our country. However, in this era of medical masks, there are more and more counterfeit, fake and poor-quality products that make consumers wonder and worry about which product to buy really good and guaranteed. for your health. Therefore, the following article will share with you some tips to help you recognize real and fake medical masks to choose from.
Currently, medical masks are widely sold in the market and often of unknown origin, usually from 1,000 to 3,000 VND, you can have a mask. Our facial skin will have to contact very often with masks, so when buying masks with poor quality, unclear origins will easily lead to conditions such as skin allergies, acne, sugar diseases. respiration … has a significant impact on the health of consumers.
Current medical masks originate from two main sources, which are imported and domestically produced, and with the naked eye, the appearance of these two types is quite similar, it is difficult for consumers to distinguish. what are the standard goods, what are the bad ones. Many people sometimes buy a mask based on sentimentality.
Here are some ways to distinguish real and fake medical masks that consumers need to know to avoid “taking pictures on the body”.
Method 1: Soak in water
To distinguish what is a good quality medical mask, the easiest way is to just soak the mask in water. If it is a real medical mask, very little water will penetrate or may not be absorbent at all, because the surface of the mask is very smooth and not easily ruffled. Fake medical masks will immediately absorb a lot of water and get ruffled easily.
Method 2: Tear off the mask
Or another way that you use your hand to tear the mask in half, the mask is very difficult to tear, and the fake face mask can be easily torn off.
Finally, check the filter cloth inside the mask, this is the simplest way to help you recognize the easiest, because when you tear it out you will know what is good paper and what is normal toilet paper. If the mask is real, it will be a very smooth, waterproof paper that helps the mask to filter dust, and the fake mask, the paper is just a normal paper layer and when soaked in water, it will quickly tarnish. and crushed, because this is just ordinary tissue paper and not of quality.
Besides, on the market today, many consumers are also very fond of activated carbon masks, this mask has 4 layers and to distinguish quality masks from quality face masks, you can rely on the following features to identify. Cut out the medical mask, then see 4 layers of paper in the mask, if it is a real mask, in addition to the antibacterial filter, there is also a layer of activated carbon paper, to distinguish this layer of activated carbon, you need to save Notice some of the following characteristics: the paper is very smooth, the particles on the activated carbon are small and spread evenly on the surface of the paper.
