RE: Comedogenic and Non Comedogenic Ingredients

July 15, 2004

Hi Josh,

> Chris, you mentioned there was a lot of science behind this... I'm

> looking for info on that science now. So far I've only found this:

and it's

> not pretty.

I was under the impression that although it was not a government

regulated term, over the course of time there had been testing of

various ingredients done in the cosmetic industry's labs which gave them

the stamp of being pore clogging or non pore clogging.

Apparently there has been a lot of scientific testing, but not a lot of

definitive answers .

> This is irritating because I just looked at my acne lotion, it has

at

> least 2 level-two comedogenics in it, and my moisturizer has 2

> level-FOUR(!) and 3 level-two comedogenics in it, and it's marked

> " non-comedogenic " . Grrrrr.

That doesn't surprise me one little bit. Lots of products out there on

the shelves isn't good for our skin

> I wonder how comedogenic or not various essential oils are. I've

seen

> rosemary, lavender, tea tree, etc in skincare products.

Don't know. I'd think that essential oils wouldn't really clog pores

since by their nature they are volatile and evaporate quickly, but I can

say for sure that there are plenty of EO's that can irritate skin (some

more than others obviously - and at different dilutions).

-Josh

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

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