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Word to the Wise on Anti-Aging Constituents
Anti-aging products, also known as cosmaceuticals, use alpha- and beta-hydroxy acids that strip the skin’s protective barrier absorbing long-wave ultraviolet radiation. Apart from sunburn, the acids are linked to malignant melanoma skin cancer.
Another popular ingredient in anti-aging products is limonene, and according to Dr. Samuel Epstein of the University of Illinois School of Public Health, is a well documented carcinogen.
In his September 2009 Huffington Post article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-s-epstein/anti-aging-and-anti-wrink_b_302814.html) he explains that since about 1984 when the beauty industry began developing superpower products that claimed to be effective but not of pharmaceutical status—cosmaceuticals—consumers have been guinea pigs. A marketing scheme designed to circumvent validation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, cosmaceuticals are rarely tested for safety and may disrupt human biological processes.
So beware of what is made by partnering quacks and chemists and seek plant-based alternatives and nature’s emollients, such as honey.
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