Chances are you use a moisturizer every day. It’s a good idea to take care of your skin and there’s hundreds of different anti aging skin care products available. However it may be news to you that many skin care products, such as moisturizers which contain chemical ingredients like sodium lauryl sulphate, may be putting your health at risk, and that there are powerful reasons to use a natural moisturizer.
Sodium lauryl sulphate is an excellent degreaser. Mechanics use it to degrease engines and it is also found in many soaps and shampoos. More and more consumers are becoming aware that soaps and shampoos with sodium lauryl sulphate are 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.
All the moisturizers used in the study contain sodium lauryl sulphate. They also contained petrochemical ingredients such as 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.
Perhaps now you’re beginning to see the link between moisturizers, sodium lauryl sulphate and skin cancer and are beginning to wonder whether you should be considering a natural moisturizer next time you’re looking to buy your anti aging skin care products.
Or maybe you’ve just thrown away the moisturizer you have in the cupboard now.
The sad fact is that there is a wide range of chemical and petrochemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate used in so many of the big brand-name skin care and anti aging products that so many women use every day. There are many natural alternatives which make excellent moisturizers. There are many oils from various fruits and nuts that have excellent and well-known moisturizing properties, however these are not commonly used because chemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate and mineral oil are much cheaper.
And there are some outstanding natural moisturizers on the market. They use ingredients which are known to be safe and will not put you at risk of skin cancer. One company in particular makes an outstanding range of natural skin care products and chances are you’ve never even heard of it. None of their products contain sodium lauryl sulphate or any other known harmful ingredients.
So maybe now you’re beginning to consider throwing away those anti aging skin care products which you may have in the cupboard right now. There are excellent natural skin care products and natural moisturizers available to you which work better than the chemical alternatives and which have no health risks attached.
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