Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Are Chemicals In Your Normal Beauty Routine Damaging Your Health?

By Jemma Rivera

It is amazing how many women are unaware of the harmful products they use on their skin daily. To make matters worse it is not only once per day but often on numerous occasions. You may be blissfully unaware that the products your mother taught you to use may not be aiding in maintaining healthy skin, but in fact damaging it.

Did you know that many beauty products that are used every day could be dangerous or cause skin damage? There are even toothpastes manufactured with such poor ingredients that they have been shown to be a health risk.

I want to show you a similarity here, have you ever heard of a nicotine patch? These are transdermal, which means the nicotine enters the body through the skin. Now if medical patches can do that, what about the chemicals in skin creams? That's right, whatever you place on the skin may be able to seep in and enter the bloodstream.

If you examine the chemical make-up of some of your products you may be shocked, especially knowing what you know now. Some of the components of the chemicals responsible for scenting a product have been shown to be harmful to some. Various ailments have been reported such as rashes, hyperactivity and irritability.

Other symptoms have also been reported like dizziness, vomiting and cold like symptoms. Remember we are only talking about the fragrance chemicals at this point. The key ingredients begin to look more ominous by the minute.

When you think about the side effects from simple ingredients in a regularly used lotion or beauty aid, you can see why there has been a shift toward more natural products. When everything in your facial cream is natural, you have far less to worry about.

Your skin will be much healthier and you will be happier when you eliminate the chemicals from your cleansing regimen. You will also find that your skin will have a healthy glow and acne or breakout problems may start to clear up.

The companies who make your favourite products have begun to see the move from chemical based creams to natural ones, and they are paying attention. Many new productions are coming out with natural elements added to them. Switch to all natural products for a healthier body and better skin. - 15634

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