People are experiencing allergic reactions to skin care products, and our bodies are exposed to toxins they cannot process.
Regarding skin care, Wildcrafted Herbal Products has been on the front lines of enlightening consumers about the perils of impulsive purchases based on catchy advertising slogans and marketing strategies that are often misleading, if not outright false.
Part of the report on Today Tonight on Channel Seven is reprinted here.
Toxic cosmetics says one expert
CONNLEY, Glenn, REPORTER
SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=24679 ORIGINAL AIR DATE: September 21, 2005
Toxic cosmetics says one expert.
A toxicologist has warned the public to be wary of some cosmetics additives, noting that they may cause serious health problems.
Australians regularly use various beauty aids, including moisturizers, shampoo, hair color, and toothpaste, to improve their appearance and feel more confident.
Just what are we expecting our bodies to take in, though? Dr. Peter Dingle, a toxicologist, claimed that many anti-aging and beauty products include toxic chemicals that have adverse health effects.
He warned that the chemical compounds commonly employed in creams as preservatives might cause severe, even fatal, allergic reactions in certain people.
Dr. Dingle warns that using such products “over the long term” will have the opposite effect intended.
More chemicals applied to the skin will lead to an aged and wrinkled appearance. The absurdity of it all lies precisely in this.
Sorbolene lotion, known for being straightforward and harmless, triggered an adverse reaction in Eve Diamante. Eve felt her face burning and quickly doused it with cold water.
Eve complained that “the water was drying out my face, and it even started to bleed along here,” referring to the area where visible blood vessels can be seen in the photographs.
I had puffy eyes and a flushed face, but the most amusing part was the red line marking the spot where I hadn’t applied moisturizer.
After seeing a dermatologist, Eve learned that the chemical preservative chlorocresol was to blame for her reaction. Eve’s skin healed over two weeks and was back to normal.
Eve explained, “The heat was dissipated from my face after all my skin peeled off.” As I said, “I still looked quite wrinkly and red.”
After Melanie Brown’s skin had an adverse reaction to the cleansing mousse she had received for free, she began to rethink the offer’s value.
“It looked swollen,” Melanie remarked. The patient said, “It was very red, scaly, it had little white pimples forming on top of the redness, and it felt awful; it was burning and itching, and it just felt terrible.”
Leanne Black, 30, claimed that after using a foaming gel, her formerly flawless skin became blotchy and irritated.
Leanne explained, “At first, I thought it was something I had eaten or drank, but it turned out to be nothing, and it got worse and worse.” And I noticed some peeling on my nose and cheek areas, and it would sting quite a bit when I put moisturizer on.
Neither Leanne nor Melanie could pinpoint the offending component.
Melanie claimed she was not the only one to have an issue with L’Oreal’s washing mousse, but the company asserted its products met all Australian safety criteria.
Melanie said, “I’m a member of an online forum for women called Vogue Australia, and there’s a whole thread dedicated to just this product, and the reaction that a lot of women are getting is identical to what I had: the redness, the inflaming, and there was one woman that woke up with her eye fused shut.”
Doctors have noted an increase in allergy cases due to the widespread use of chemical preservatives in modern food production and cosmetics. In any case, according to Dr. Dingle, a lot of those compounds are pointless.
“There is no need for all these chemicals,” Dr. Dingle emphasized. One, it’s possible to create less complex goods. The second is that it is possible to produce safer goods, and people will be exposed to fewer chemicals if these substances are used less frequently.
Consumers were urged to test a small number of lotions or cosmetics on their hands or wrist before applying them elsewhere, no matter what the label promised.
Comment:
This is something we at Wildcrafted Herbal Products have been preaching for the past two decades; it’s why we have a medical herbalist and Aromatherapist formulate all of our skin and personal care products and why we use only herbal extracts and pure essential oils (as opposed to isolated, extracted active ingredients) in all of our formulations.
After all, you don’t substitute a beta-carotene tablet for the carrot in your salad, right?
You can be allergic to anything, even the most natural, purest form of a substance; peanuts are born, perhaps even organic, but if you’re allergic to them, you’ll have a reaction that could kill you. It is that easy.
Some “natural” skincare lines merely add a single natural component to an otherwise chemically-formulated product; “organic” products may have as low as 1% organic content.
The doctor provided a list of potentially harmful foods.
Formaldehyde is a common industrial chemical related to skin irritation, respiratory distress, and vomiting symptoms.
Two, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), which has been linked to adverse effects on the nervous system, the eyes, the heart, and the liver.
Di- and tri-ethanolamine (DEA and TEA) are wetting agents commonly found in cosmetics and personal care products; they have been associated with an increased risk of stomach, esophagus, liver, and bladder malignancies.
5. Propylene glycol, a moisturizing ingredient in cosmetics linked to liver and renal issues.
‘Sometimes it’s just the combination of substances,’ Dr. Dingle explained. It’s impossible to pinpoint a single molecule as the source because there are so many different permutations.
The chemical in question in the instance of Anna Bragaglia was paraphenylenediamine, or PPD, which is commonly found in hair dyes.
Early one morning, Anna’s kid entered her bedroom, looked at her, and began sobbing, asking, “Mummy, what’s wrong with your face?”
Anna went to the salon and had a burgundy color put through her hair. She claimed that the swelling and pain had become unbearable within just one day.
Because “it has become a society where everyone’s high on looks and everything like that,” Anna argued, “I think people need to be more aware of the dangers.”
Therefore, I believe that individuals should research and learn more about the topic before purchasing things readily available in stores like supermarkets and drugstores.
Check out the article ‘Chemicals in skin care’ at http://www.wildcrafted.com.au/Chemicals%20in%20Skin%20Care.html. You should avoid the extensive list of chemicals in popular skin care products included in this article.
Natural Skin Care Products by Wildcrafted Herbal Products was founded by Danny Siegenthaler, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and his wife Susan, a medical herbalist, and aromatherapist.
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