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LoveBuzz
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 Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:51 am Post subject: How bad is Paraffin (Mineral Oils)? |
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I'm just learning about them now, and seeing all the bad things people have to say. How it is bad for the skin in the long run, how it clogs pores, has bad stuff left in it from the purification process etc.
Is there any truth to this?
I just found out my bath oil is really liquid paraffin.
Should I be concerned? And what would you suggest as a good bath oil alternative? |
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drtodorov
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| It depends. Poorly purified paraffin can do damage due to impurities. Highly purified paraffin is chemically relatively inert. An alternative to mineral oil (which has paraffin) you can use some natural oil, such as olive oil, as a bath oil. |
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LoveBuzz
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| drtodorov wrote: | | It depends. Poorly purified paraffin can do damage due to impurities. Highly purified paraffin is chemically relatively inert. An alternative to mineral oil (which has paraffin) you can use some natural oil, such as olive oil, as a bath oil. |
I actually tried emu oil in the bath and it seemed quite alright.
Are there any problems with frequently taking baths? I've read about how showering over a certain amount of time is bad because it removes all the natural oils from the body. Yet personally I find showering very drying to my skin, even with the temperature low. Baths, however, leave me feeling hydrated.
Finally, whilst you did essentially answer this in your response, a lot of these "beauty blogs" are on an absolute crusade against mineral oils and paraffin. They don't even like using them to remove make-up and sunscreens. Is this something I should be concerned about when talking about what is presumably highly purified paraffin cream? I found it far more effective at removing sunscreen than cleanser, and gives me hope that it's a better alternative to cleansing with SLS cleansers full stop. |
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drtodorov
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Too many hot baths or showers with chlorinated water can be drying and possibly otherwise damaging to the skin. It is possibly to mitigate this by using warm rather than hot water and reducing chlorine (via shower filters and/or bath-tub chlorine-neutrtalizing products, etc.) |
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