Natural Skincare for Your Health
by Kristin Stephens, MS, NTP
Is your skincare routine safe?
Do you know how many personal care products you use on a daily basis? The average is at least nine, but many people use more than 15 products per day. This means we’re exposed to around 100 chemicals each day, which are readily absorbed by our skin.
An interesting fact about the personal products we use everyday is that the government doesn’t require any type of safety testing before the products are released to the public. This means long-term effects of the products are not studied or tested. There are known carcinogens and hormone disruptors still being used in products even though we know their dangers. There’s no way to tell if the product that gives your hair such volume now won’t also give you so much disease in the future.