stupid question was Unsafe EO usage on PBS

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Ok, I'm new to all this so nobody shoot me... I really am curious... What

is so unsafe about this lady's advice and why?

 

TIA,

 

Bridgett Kinloch

 

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" Sevi " <digitalk9

 

Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:39 PM

Re: Unsafe EO usage on PBS

 

 

> Hi Anya,

>

> Got you about the last name. Cleaning can do that ;-)

>

> Thanks much -- I found her website http://www.lauradupriest.com " She

> has more than 20 years of experience as a beauty expert " -- Here we

> go with yet another " expert " .

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> I would say unbelievable, but I won't, after all I hear these stories

> all day long -- mostly about animals, which drives me almost near

> insanity, but hearing about lemon on human face made me nearly as

> upset.

>

> I will dig more info when I get a chance. Thanks again for the info.

>

> Sevi

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> , Anya <mccoy@n...> wrote:

> > At 03:05 PM 11/30/2003 -0000, you wrote:

> > >Anya,

> > >

> > >>>They have a lady, Laura DePriest,

> > >> author of Natural Beauty (both a newsletter and a book ) (and a

> > >smaller

> > >> book " Aromatherapy Decoder " )<<

> > >

> > >I could not find any info on her book/s or newsletter, do you have

> > >any links or contact info to this person?

> >

> > Well, Sevi, with my lack of attention, I spelled her name wrong:

> it's

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At 04:32 PM 12/5/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>Ok, I'm new to all this so nobody shoot me... I really am curious... What

>is so unsafe about this lady's advice and why?

 

It's not a stupid question, Bridget, especially since you may have read

some of the older aromatherapy fairy tale books, as the authors often

didn't know much about safety.

 

All essential oils need to be diluted before being applied to the skin.

That goes for lavender, and tea tree, too, even though many books say neat

use is OK. It isn't.

 

The lady on the PBS show said to apply lemon oil directly to acneic (sp?)

skin. There are several problems with that: she said use it neat, right

from the bottle, without diluting; lemon (most citruses) are powerful

photosensitizers, which means they magnify the sun's rays, and can cause

burning and scarring;, and oftentimes, pimples that are 'open' can cause

the oil to go right into the subdermal layers, which poses more of a problem.

 

If you're getting into oils, you might want to get Martin Watt's Plant

Aromatics, the standard in the industry for checking dilution rates,

photosensitivity potential, sensitization, etc.

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