There are some very powerful reasons why millions of American women, as well as mice, should be seriously using a natural moisturiser, and why so many women should junk the moisturiser they may have used today.
A recent study was set up to investigate whether caffeine could cause skin cancer in mice. As a part of that study each mouse had moisturiser applied to it's skin 5 times a day for 17 weeks. The study is reported in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Although this was not being studied, the researchers were surprised to find that the application of these moisturisers on the skin of the mice "increased the total number of histologically characterized tumors by 69%". In other words the mice that received the moisturiser had a very significant increase in their rate of skin cancer.
Lets look at this a little more and find out some more details, and in particular why the mice, and all those women in America who use moisturisers daily, should be using a natural moisturiser.
The moisturisers that were applied to the skin of the mice were Dermabase, Dermovan, Eucerin Original Moisturizing Cream (Eucerin), or Vanicream. Each of these moisturisers contains sodium lauryl sulphate and mineral oil.
Mineral oil is found in a wide range of personal products such as skin care and anti aging products and cosmetics and it is also found in moisturisers. Mineral oil is used so extensively because it is incredibly cheap. Mineral oil is a petrochemical product, which means that comes from crude oil. And mineral oil, when applied to the skin, has been linked to cancer and other health problems.
Sodium lauryl sulphate is well known as a common ingredient in many soaps and shampoos and has also been linked to cancer and other health problems as well. For this reason many consumers specifically look for soaps and shampoos that do not contain sodium lauryl sulphate. But many consumers are unaware that other products, such as moisturisers, also contain sodium lauryl sulphate.
The mere fact that these moisturisers increased the risk of skin cancer in the mice by a very significant amount doesn't prove that the mineral oil or the sodium lauryl sulphate caused the skin cancer. Much more serious investigations would need to be undertaken to establish the exact cause, however one more fact should lead you to worry about your moisturiser, and also suggest you that you should be seriously considering using a natural facial moisturiser in the future.
And this is it. The scientists were so concerned about the result that they decided to do the study again using a more natural moisturiser which didn't contain either sodium lauryl sulphate or mineral oil. When they did the study a second time using this more natural moisturiser they found no increase in the rate of skin cancer in the mice at all.
As you can see this study suggests powerful reasons why mice, and millions of women, should seriously consider using a natural face moisturiser in the future.
There's hundreds or even thousands of personal products such as skin care products that contain chemical and petrochemical ingredients, many of which are known to have health implications. Some of these ingredients have been shown to cause cancer and may well be found in the moisturiser, as well as well as other skin care products that you may have even used today
There are excellent natural skin care products available, including natural face moisturisers, which do not contain any of these chemical and petrochemical ingredients and which work extremely well.
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