Can You Get Really Sick From Anti Aging Products?

Ageing is a product that everyone in so many people who are gradually ageing are looking for a way to look younger. So as a result the market is just enormous for all sorts of anti aging products. Ageing people, quite reasonably, want to look better but aren’t aware that there are so many ingredients in anti aging products that may be risky to their health. Fragrances are an example

Estimates are that there are some around 4000 different fragrances used in so many of the personal products that we use today including antiaging skin products. After all everyone wants to smell nice and it’s well known that adding a fragrance to a personal product helps it sell. So what’s the problem with smelling nice when you’re applying the latest anti aging skin care product?

The problem is that most fragrances are chemicals produced in the laboratory. There’s nothing inherently wrong with chemicals produced in the laboratory as long as they are safe for us to use however the reality is that studies have shown that many fragrances have potentially damaging health effects which might scare you if you were aware of them.

That’s not to say that all fragrances are risky, for example there are some excellent essential oils that make nice fragrances and which are safe to use. However these are usually much more expensive than the chemical alternatives and so the chemical alternatives go into those skin care products that you will see on the shelves of your store.

If you search the Cosmetic Safety Database you’ll see that fragrances are linked to cancer, immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity, allergies, disruption of the endocrine system, irritation to the eyes and skin and lungs and more.

If you just bought that latest anti aging moisturizer and you apply it then you apply it over a relatively large area of your skin and your skin will absorb it just like you ate it.

It’s true that the same will apply to perfect but at least you only apply a perfume to a very small area.

If this is news to you it may come as a shock. Unfortunately so many of the beauty, personal and anti aging products that so many of us take for granted contain a wide range of chemical ingredients which are potentially dangerous and which we are not warned about. Fragrances are only the start.

There is an opportunity here and some small niche companies have taken advantage of it. One now uses no fragrances at all for this exact reason and commits to making products that are safe enough to eat.

Billions of dollars are spent on anti aging skin products  every year, but the buyer must beware. There are serious risks to so many ingredients in these products and the companies that make them won’t warn you about the risks.

I write a website to educate about the risks of ingredients in modern personal products including anti aging skin care products and attempt to point people towards safe and effective alternative natural anti aging skin care products.