Organic Skin Care
Organic skin care products are designed to protect your skin from the potentially dangerous side effects of the chemicals contained in today's commercial skin care products. There are numerous benefits associated with switching to an all-organic skin care routine as well as a wide variety of organic skin care products available to those who decide to make this healthy change.
The Benefits of Using Organic Skin Care Products
It has been estimated that the average woman who uses commercial skin care products applies more than two hundred chemicals to her skin daily. Research also indicates that sixty percent of these chemicals are absorbed into the bloodstream. For these reasons, organic skin care has become one of the fastest growing areas of the beauty industry.
The chemicals in today's commercial skin care products have been found to aggravate people's allergies and various skin conditions, as many synthetic fragrances are known to be allergenic. At the same time, many commercial products contain known or suspected carcinogens.
Many commercial skin care products contain either diethanolamine (DEA) or triethanolamine (TEA), neither of which are carcinogenic. However, if a product also contains nitrites, the presence of these nitrites could cause a chemical reaction that leads to the formation of nitrosamines, many of which are carcinogenic.
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By Lindsay Rech
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