You probably use a moisturizer on your skin every day. There’s nothing wrong with taking care of your skin and there’s so many different skin care products, like moisturizers, available. But you may not be aware that many skin care products contain chemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate and this includes modern moisturizers. This may risk your health you may be better advised to use a natural moisturizer.
Sodium lauryl sulphate works very well as a degreaser. Mechanics use it to degrease engines and because of its properties it is used in many well known brands of soaps and shampoos, and consumers are becoming more and more aware that finding sodium lauryl sulphate in your shampoos and soaps is not good.
But it’s not nearly so well known that so many big name moisturizers also contain sodium lauryl sulphate, (as well as many of the chemical ingredients) and using these products regularly may cause skin cancer.
There was a study done on mice reported in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. In this study the scientists were looking to understand better the effects of caffeine on mice. As part of the study a number of moisturizers were applied to the skin of the mice 5 times a day for 17 weeks and the mice also received some UV radiation to simulate sunlight.
Each of the moisturizers used contain sodium lauryl sulphate together with other chemical ingredients like mineral oil.
In a surprising result, given that this was not what was being studied, the researchers discovered that the risk of skin cancer in mice who received an application of moisturizer was increased by 69 percent.
Deciding to test this further the same researchers used a moisturizer containing no sodium laurel sulphate or mineral oil and this time they found that there was no increase in the rate of skin cancer in the mice.
Maybe now you’re starting to see a link between sodium lauryl sulphate and moisturizers and skin cancer and perhaps you’re beginning to consider that you may be better advised to think about purchasing a natural moisturizer next time you’re looking for good anti aging skin care products.
Or perhaps your even wondering about whether you should throw out the moisturizer that you may have used today.
Unfortunately there is a wide range of chemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate in so many skin care products including moisturizers. And there are also many petrochemical ingredients such as mineral oil. There are natural ingredients such as the oils from fruits and nuts which are known to be safe and which are also known to be effective at moisturizing the skin but these are rarely used because ingredients such as mineral oil and sodium lauryl sulphate are dramatically cheaper.
There are some wonderful natural moisturizers available. They use ingredients which are highly effective ata moisturizing and which are known to be safe, and which will not put you at risk of skin cancer. One company in particular makes an outstanding range of natural skin care products that are highly effective and totally safe. Chances are you’ve never heard of them.
It’s time to junk those big name anti aging skin care products which use cheap chemical ingredients that put your health at risk. And it’s time to look for natural alternatives such as high quality natural moisturizers which work well and do not put you at risk of skin cancer.
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