What are parabens and why is there a growing movement by consumers of personal, beauty, cosmetics and skin care products towards paraben free skin care products and other products?
Parabens are chemicals that have for some time been used as preservatives in many personal products like moisturizers, shaving creams, shampoos and skin care products and cosmetics and more. Look on the labels of the bottles you have at home right now and see if you can find parabens listed.
They are extremely effective as anti bacterial and anti fungicidal agents, hence their use. They have been used as preservatives for many years.
But there is now some questioning of the safety of using parabens in our personal products that are applied right onto our skin. Why?
When you apply parabens to your skin they enter the skin almost immediately and can be found in your blood soon after wards. This of itself doesn't make them dangerous, but is pretty scary.
Studies have suggested that parabens can disrupt the endocrine system, cause cancer and have a hormonal effect on the body, as well as cause skin rashes.
And none of it is fully proven and it's not even clear when something is fully proven, and of course the big companies argue it's all a storm in a teacup.
Regardless some people aren't convinced and are looking for paraben free products like skincare products on the principal that it's better not to take the risk if you don't need to.
After all, if there is some doubt about something why use it?
Why use it indeed. There are other more natural preservatives available that work well, so why do the big companies still use parabens? It's all about profit. Parabens are much cheaper than the more natural alternatives.
So although there is no conclusive studies proving that parabens are dangerous many people are looking for parabens free products. There really are excellent paraben free alternatives that are available right now. And they work well.
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