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BellaPierre "Derma Beauty" Paraben-Free Skin Care Products

Preservatives are found in virtually all items that we buy from stores. Unfortunately, we don't always know what these preservatives will do once they enter our body through absorption into the skin. One such ingredient with a patchy past is the group of chemicals known as parabens. Parabens are used in a wide number of consumer products ranging from topical pharmaceutical drugs to foods and cosmetics. Learning about these preservatives will give you a heads up before you decide whether you want to expose your body to them. If you choose to go Paraben-free, don't worry, you won't have to eliminate wonderful lotions, mascara or shampoo from your daily routine.

In the Western world today, there are thousands of chemicals used in our in our skin care products and cosmetics. These chemicals range from natural ingredients to more insidious and potentially damaging and toxic synthetic chemicals. One such class of chemicals that is beginning to make headlines regarding its absolute safety is a class of chemical compounds known as parabens.

Parabens come in a variety of forms. Those that are most widely seen in consumer products include: methyl Paraben, ethyl Paraben, propyl Paraben, and ethyl Paraben. This class of chemicals is very popular for many reasons. They are extremely effective as a preservative and can be used in products such as shampoos, conditioners, lotions, creams, cosmetics and other skin care products. Parabens are a low cost method to preserve these highly volatile products and allow for these items to be stored for relatively long periods of time without spoiling. Finally, their long history of use accompanied by studies that show them to be, for the most part, non toxic has increased the usage of parabens in most products requiring a preservative.

Although new research and health advocacy groups have started a rally for "paraben-free"skin care products and cosmetics. Several studies in recent past have concluded that in some cases detectable levels of parabens have been found in breast cancer tumors. The conclusion that has been drawn is that parabens from deodorants and other skin care products leach into the skin through repeated use over many years to eventually reach a threshold level. Eventually this level becomes one of the triggering agents in the development of cancer.

Supporting this theory is the fact that several components of the Paraben chemicals have been shown to act similarly to human produced estrogen molecules. Some forms of breast cancer are estrogen induced. The question that is being asked then is if these estrogen-like substances from parabens could, in fact, be stimulating cancers to form.

As always BellaPierre products are Paraben Free