How Safe is Your Hydrating Body Cream?
What is the one thing that you dress your skin with every day to give it protection from the elements? Of course, the answer is going to be hydrating body cream.
The question that comes to mind is why do you do this? Is it that you simply want your skin to feel soft and silky smooth? For some people this is the only reason that they go to so much trouble everyday.
But, should there be additional reasons for doing this? In fact should moisturizing the body be a regime that is carried out daily? Take caring for your hair for example - you are advised by many of the professionals that you should only wash your hair every other day as washing it daily, removes too much of the hairs natural oils.
So, could the fact of smothering cream all over your body everyday be detrimental to its health and vitality? That is a very good question and is something that we will explore in this article.
Let's take a quick look at the type of hydration body creams that are on the market today.
Generally, many of them, even the most well known expensive brands, come with some ingredients that are indeed bad for the skin.
As an example, two of the most common artificial chemicals that are found in over 99% of shop bought products are: One or more type of parabens Fragrance The reason that these are so bad is because they have been linked to adversely interfering with various body systems such as, parabens with the hormonal system.
Because of the number of chemical processes and chemical compounds used to create a fragrance it can be up to approximately 300 at a time it is impossible to know which body system will not be affected: Many people become allergic to fragrance products as it can cause skin rashes and to asthmatics it can further complications.
This is only touching the surface of the damage that these products can cause.
The list is endless! The problem with that of course is, that you have no idea of how toxic some of these compounds are, even on their own, let alone when mixed with other chemical fillers.
As these products leave your skin feeling soft in the short term, applying them daily is not a good idea as you do not know how many toxins you are introducing into your blood stream.
Therefore, you need to look for other alternative ways of hydrating and moisturizing your skin safely.
Due to the demand for customers wanting safer skin care there are products now that are able to leave your skin feeling hydrated, soft and silky smooth without the worry of introducing toxicity into your blood stream.
In fact some of these products like the ones that I use are so good that the ingredients are even safe enough to eat as they only contain specialized plant extracts and natural oils combined with the new cell rejuvenation technology.
These creams are known as nutraceutical not pharmaceutical products - this alone tells you that any product in the nutraceutical category is going to nourish your skin as well as hydrate it.
This is a very important step in skincare.
So let's go back to the question could the fact of smothering cream all over your body everyday be detrimental to its health and vitality? The answer depends upon the type of products that you use.
If you use over the counter products that contain artificial preservatives and fragrance then the answer is most definitely yes! On the other hand, if you use products similar to the ones I use then the answer most definitely is no! Which would you prefer to give you peace of mind?
The question that comes to mind is why do you do this? Is it that you simply want your skin to feel soft and silky smooth? For some people this is the only reason that they go to so much trouble everyday.
But, should there be additional reasons for doing this? In fact should moisturizing the body be a regime that is carried out daily? Take caring for your hair for example - you are advised by many of the professionals that you should only wash your hair every other day as washing it daily, removes too much of the hairs natural oils.
So, could the fact of smothering cream all over your body everyday be detrimental to its health and vitality? That is a very good question and is something that we will explore in this article.
Let's take a quick look at the type of hydration body creams that are on the market today.
Generally, many of them, even the most well known expensive brands, come with some ingredients that are indeed bad for the skin.
As an example, two of the most common artificial chemicals that are found in over 99% of shop bought products are: One or more type of parabens Fragrance The reason that these are so bad is because they have been linked to adversely interfering with various body systems such as, parabens with the hormonal system.
Because of the number of chemical processes and chemical compounds used to create a fragrance it can be up to approximately 300 at a time it is impossible to know which body system will not be affected: Many people become allergic to fragrance products as it can cause skin rashes and to asthmatics it can further complications.
This is only touching the surface of the damage that these products can cause.
The list is endless! The problem with that of course is, that you have no idea of how toxic some of these compounds are, even on their own, let alone when mixed with other chemical fillers.
As these products leave your skin feeling soft in the short term, applying them daily is not a good idea as you do not know how many toxins you are introducing into your blood stream.
Therefore, you need to look for other alternative ways of hydrating and moisturizing your skin safely.
Due to the demand for customers wanting safer skin care there are products now that are able to leave your skin feeling hydrated, soft and silky smooth without the worry of introducing toxicity into your blood stream.
In fact some of these products like the ones that I use are so good that the ingredients are even safe enough to eat as they only contain specialized plant extracts and natural oils combined with the new cell rejuvenation technology.
These creams are known as nutraceutical not pharmaceutical products - this alone tells you that any product in the nutraceutical category is going to nourish your skin as well as hydrate it.
This is a very important step in skincare.
So let's go back to the question could the fact of smothering cream all over your body everyday be detrimental to its health and vitality? The answer depends upon the type of products that you use.
If you use over the counter products that contain artificial preservatives and fragrance then the answer is most definitely yes! On the other hand, if you use products similar to the ones I use then the answer most definitely is no! Which would you prefer to give you peace of mind?
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