Harmful Ingredients in Skin Care Products

Most of the skin care products on the market today are harmful to the skin, and potentially harmful for the body. Many women spend hundreds of dollars a year on skin care products and do not know that most of those products contain ingredients that are harmful to the skin or cause cancer.

There are over 7000 ingredients manufacturers can use in skin care products, with 1000 known to be harmful and 900 known to cause cancer. Do we need to die to look younger?

Each skin care product contains an average of 20 ingredients, and every time you use it, you are putting on at least 20 potential allergens on your skin, preventing or reversing the benefit of the product.

According to Dr. Getz, of Dundee Dermatology in Dundee Illinois, "Most of the skincare products on the market today are not what they promise [they are] not good for you."

I asked him about the newest, but most promising, skin care product on the market now, called Atopalm. He hadn't heard of it. As we discussed some of the high profile skin care products on the market today, he shook his head. "It's almost impossible to grasp the latest trend and keep up with the market. We keep up with what has proven to work and what is good for the patient's skin.

The next-generation skin care products are loaded with ingredients that are harmful to the skin. The immediate look or feel of one's skin confirms the premise that this product will have years off their face. In fact, he says, many of the skin care products will age and damage your skin.

He recommends brands that you can get over the counter, at a fraction of the cost of a high-profiled skin care product. Two of his recommendations are CeraVe and the new Aveeno Eczema Care products. He gave me a sample of each product, and I took them home for the test.

Atopalm was did a good job on rough areas, but spending $36 dollars for a 2oz. jar is too much for me to spend on a moisturizing product. The Aveeno and CeraVe products performed just as well as the Atopalm product.

Sometimes the cost of the skin care products is good marketing. Consumers believe that if the product cost enough, than it must be better for them.