13歲女孩患上侏儒症 竟是化妝品惹的禍!

Manman is a 13 year old girl with a pretty face in Hankou, a city in central China's Hubei province. She had always been of an average height during growing up.

曼曼是一名生活在中國中部湖北省漢口市的女孩，13歲的她容貌姣好。在成長的過程中，她一直是中等身高。

But in the past two years, Manman has not grown at all. After a body check at the hospital, Manma was diagnosed with dwarfism.

但是在過去的兩年裏，曼曼一點也沒長高。在去醫院檢查身體之後，她被診斷爲侏儒症。

Surprisingly, the cause of her growth change was cosmetic products.

令人吃驚的是，讓她生長髮生變化的原因竟然是化妝品。

Manman's mother is one of those trendy hot moms who pay a lot of attention to the looks. Ever since Manman was five, her mother started to put make up on her and dress her like a beautiful Barbie doll.

曼曼的媽媽很時髦，非常注重外表。自從曼曼5歲起，媽媽就開始給她化妝，把她打扮地像是一個漂亮的芭比娃娃。

However, Manman stopped growing since two years ago and her height remained at 1.4 meters (4.5 ft). After her mother took her to the hospital, Manman was later confirmed to have a case of dwarfism.

不過兩年前，曼曼不再長高，身高一直是1米4（4.5英尺）。媽媽把她帶到醫院檢查，結果卻被診斷爲侏儒症。

"Manman's bone age is 16 years old and her bone epiphyseal has closed already. She probably would never grow any taller anymore," said the doctor. After communication with Manman and her mother, the doctor concluded because she has been wearing make up since an early age, consequently an over intake of oestrogen is the major cause of Manman's dwarfism.

"曼曼的骨齡是16歲，骨骺已經癒合，以後可能再也不會長高了，"醫生這樣說道。在與曼曼及其媽媽交流之後，醫生推斷曼曼患侏儒症的原因是很小的時候就開始化妝，導致雌激素的攝入量過多。

The acting physician would like to remind parents that children's skin are still poor to function fully for the purpose of bodily defense, and is more sensitive than adults'. Using cosmetics at an early age can be very harmful for children in many ways.

醫生警告父母，孩子的皮膚層非常薄，無法充分發揮保護身體的功能，比成人的皮膚更加敏感。在很小的年齡就開始使用化妝品會對孩子造成很大的傷害。

If a child grows less than 5 centimeters a year since the age 3 to puberty, parents should be alert of the situation and have the child checked at the hospital.

在3歲至青春期期間，如果孩子每年長不夠5釐米，父母就應該有所警惕，要帶着孩子到醫院去做檢查。