In order to do a skincare comparison, you need to compare ingredients. It may be boring to read lots of labels. The information here should speed up the process.
Safety comes first. You can reject any products immediately that bear warning labels advising you not to apply the compound to broken skin. The warning is there because the product causes irritation, usually burning.
You can also reject products bearing a warning to contact a poison control center in the event of accidental injection. The best products might not taste great, but they are safe enough to eat. There is no need to apply poisons to your skin and you just shouldn't do it. It could damage your health.
One of the biggest debates in recent times has to do with sunscreen usage. When you should use it, what SPF rating to look for, where it should be applied and what ingredients work best are things that the experts have yet to agree on. Some experts will give low ratings to a product in a skincare comparison if it does not contain sunscreen, regardless of what the product was designed to do. Here is the most logical advice. It's supported by FDA scientists.
You should use a sunscreen on exposed areas when you expect to be outdoors for more than 10 or 15 minutes. The safest sunscreen is zinc oxide. Products containing it have the highest SPF rating.
SPF stands for sunburn protection factor. You have to remember that sunscreens may protect against sunburn, but not necessarily against the free radical damage responsible for skin aging. Scientists have found that some sunscreen ingredients actually cause free radical damage when exposed to sunlight.
You should avoid benzophenone, avobenzone and other benzene derivatives for that reason. Benzene is known to cause cancer. It is amazing that companies would include the derivatives in products designed to help reduce your risk of skin cancer.
When you are doing a skincare comparison, there is no reason to reject products without an SPF rating if they are designed for daily use. Moisturizers, cleansers and night creams should not have an SPF rating. It is more of an advertising gimmick than anything. There is no real benefit.
You should reject facial moisturizers and body lotions with an added fragrance. Fragrance ingredients are among the most common causes of allergic and adverse reactions. There is no real way to tell what compounds are used to make up the fragrance, even if you read the label of ingredients carefully enough to do an accurate skincare comparison.
It is a loophole in the law that allows manufacturers to include a fragrance without revealing the specific ingredients used to create it. This loophole can damage your health tremendously. Many of the aromatic compounds used in fragrances are toxic to the nervous system.
It might be okay to use a little perfume, but facial moisturizers and body lotions cover a large amount of the skin. The risk outweighs any perceived benefit.
I hope this information helps you do a safe skincare comparison. Remember that naturally occurring ingredients are always the safest and the latest research shows they are also the most effective anti-aging ingredients.
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