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In an average year children under 5 years of age
suffer approximately 7,700 burn injuries which
require hospital emergency room treatment when
they touched hot curling irons. According to the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), burns to young children represented
about 50 percent of all injuries with hair curling
irons during these years. Teenagers and adults
should never leave a hot curling iron where a
young child can reach it. Another hazard with hair curling irons is eye injury to the user. The CPSC estimates that there were |
5,400 emergency room treated burns to the eye
per year when users accidentally touched their
eyes with the hot iron. Most victims were young
women between 15 and 24 years old. During the past few years, curling irons have been made to get hotter. These hotter curling irons may cause more severe injuries when young children touch them and when users inadvertently touch their eyes and face with the curling irons. |