Have you ever taken a close look at the ingredient listing on the labels of your skin care products or cosmetics? Do you know what those substances are?

Many of the skin care products and cosmetics you are buying contain ingredients that are not only harmful to your skin, but also to your health. Many are known carcinogens and are only in use because they’re cheap.

You may think that it doesn’t matter what’s in skin care products or cosmetics. After all, you don’t eat them. However, think of all the medicines that are delivered through skin patches these days. While your skin may not absorb as much of the skin care product as it does of a medicine specifically designed to be delivered through a patch, repeated application will definitely result in some of the substances in the skin care products being absorbed into your body.

The FDA’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors states “a cosmetic manufacturer may use almost any raw material as a cosmetic ingredient and market the product without an approval from FDA”.

And an Environmental Working Group study showed that 89 percent of the 10,500 ingredients used in personal care products have not been evaluated for safety by the FDA or any other public institution.

Read the full article on toxic ingredients in cosmetics and skin care products.

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