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Is Your Shampoo Making You Sick?

Aesthetics Advisor

Parabens in Your Beauty Products Raise the Price Tag on Health Care Parabens are commonly used preservatives found in deodorants, cosmetics and shampoo. Scientists have also found parabens in nearly 90% of products on your grocery store shelves, making it very difficult to avoid exposure. Congress (2015 to 2016), Sen.

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The Current State of Animal Testing in Beauty - Blog Version

The Eco Well Blog

History of Animal Testing Bans 1998 UK ban for cosmetic products and ingredients. 2022 New York, Louisiana 2023 Oregon, Canada, Brazil Due to historical bans, very little animal testing has happened in cosmetics since the EU full ban on ingredients in 2013.

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How can I tell if a product will cause acne? Episode 155

The Beauty Brains

According to Fisher’s Contact Dermatitis, acne can result from topical application of cosmetic products via two mechanisms. Unlike an allergic reaction (where can occur in minutes or hours) the process of acne genesis takes much longer. The second is the result of follicular irritation and that takes weeks to occur.

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Gut Microbiome May Be a Game Changer for Cancer Prevention

Aesthetics Advisor

Indeed, as reported in Nature, 9 a 2015 study found that while microbe-free mice failed to respond to treatment with checkpoint inhibitors, mice given Bacteroides fragilis fared much better. Only 20% to 40% of patients respond to the treatment, and researchers began suspecting the gut microbiome might be the key to success or failure.

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