5 Harmful Ingredients in Chemically Engineered Skin Lotion

Feb 8
13:01

2009

Ferdy Firmansyah

Ferdy Firmansyah

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We must be very careful when choosing a skin lotion product. A good skin lotion is not the expensive one nor the one which is widely used by celebrities. A good skin lotion is the one which is not harmful for your skin because harmful ingredients are mostly found in chemical skin lotions.

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Why should you sacrifice your skin and whole body health with harmful ingredients? An easy way to determine if an ingredient is harmful is to think about the element itself. If you are afraid of to eat it,5 Harmful Ingredients in Chemically Engineered Skin Lotion Articles then it might be considered as a harmful one.

Below are the reasons why we should not choose a chemical skin lotion.

1.       Your skin will get drier and drier when your skin lotion contains alcohol. Alcohol is a drying agent instead of a moisturizer.

2.      Parabens are very harsh for our skin and body and can even cause cancer. Parabens are widely used in many artificial skin lotions to increase their shelf life.

3.      Recent studies have shown that many of chemical skin lotions contain estrogens which can penetrate the skin, enter the blood stream, and stimulate the growth of “estrogen-sensitive” breast cancer cells.

4.      A reason why you choose a skin lotion product is its fragrance. However, you must be very careful because many of them are carcinogens.

5.      Another common ingredient for many skin care lotions is dioxane. Unfortunately, however, dioxane is considered to increase the risks of getting cancer.

Many artificial ingredients can cause a chemical reaction which can lead to skin irritation, skin redness, and itching. Now you understand why chemically engineered skin lotion is harmful for your body. If you are not very careful to choose a skin lotion product, you may have a serious illness like cancer.

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