It is important to be careful about the chemicals
that are placed on the skin with skin care products and cosmetics.
Many skin products and cosmetics have dangerous chemicals as a part of
there components. Our skin is not a barrier to these chemicals it acts
as a transporter for these chemicals and they can end up in our blood
stream and from there to the rest of our body. These chemicals will
add to the toxicity of the body and will potentially add to ill health
or delay the healing process.
More than 500 ingredients are used to make cosmetics
products. We are unsure of the safety for the majority of these
chemicals. The most common reactions to the chemicals are eczema,
psoriasis and dermatitis. However, there is evidence that people who
work with these chemicals (such as hairdressers and beauticians)
suffer from the cumulative effects of the chemical. The studies
concluded that:
- There is an increased risk of lung, uterine,
ovarian, breast, digestive and respiratory cancer.
- Of the 169 permanent hair dyes, 150 are mutagenic
(cause changes to our cells genes).
- The use of permanent and semi-permanent hair dyes
is associated with increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
multiple myeloma, leukaemia and Hodgkin's disease.
Skin and hair care products are used in an attempt
to enhance our appearance or preserve our skin - however this is not
what many of the product that are commercially available actually do.
Many are far from safe and add to the toxic burden of the body. If you
have been using unsafe skin and hair care products (and anybody who
uses the usual commercially available products will have) then you
need to detoxify your body to remove these toxic chemicals and limit
the damage that they can cause.
