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What ingredients are harmful to the skin in shower gel?
1, thickener polyethylene glycol (PEG) and its derivatives are often used as cleaning agents in shower gel because of their lubricity, rich foam, strong detergency and low price. However, these components have strong degreasing and dehydration performance and strong irritation, which will change skin cells and make them transparent. Under the penetration of this component, some harmful components and bacterial mites can easily enter the skin.

2, detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (sodium lauryl sulfate) cheap shower gel often uses this kind of ingredients as a detergent, because it has strong cleaning power, strong irritation and strong alkalinity, which will make the skin fragile, accelerate aging, and be easily tanned, and this kind of ingredients will be absorbed by the skin, can not be metabolized and excreted, will imitate estrogen, affect and interfere with endocrine, affect fertility, and increase the chance of women suffering from breast cancer.

3. Preservative DMDM hydantoin preservative DMDM hydantoin creates an environment unsuitable for the survival of microorganisms by releasing formaldehyde, thus achieving the effect of antisepsis. The higher the temperature, the greater the release, and it is easy to cause local irritation when used in shower gel. When the exposure exceeds the normal metabolic capacity, formaldehyde will enter the blood and cause harm to the body. Children, the elderly, pregnant women and other people with low resistance should refuse to use shower gel containing this ingredient.

Artificial musk is difficult to decompose, and will gradually accumulate in our body after long-term use. Excessive accumulation of these ingredients will eventually lead to endocrine disorders, allergies, kidney or liver diseases and other diseases.