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  • Coconut oil

    Posted by tai961 on May 9, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    Hello 
    Can coconut oil disrupt the skin barrier? It’s ok to use in the long term as a moisturizer?  Thanks 

    oldperry replied 6 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 9 Replies
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  • johnb

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    Coconut oil has been used by a large proportion of the world’s population for many centuries for many purposes - not least as a cosmetic product.

    There are few, if any negatives about its long term use unless, of course, there is some rare hypersensitivity to it.

  • oldperry

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    And it is moderately comedogenic so it’s not typically used in leave-on skin products.

  • drbobverdient-biz

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    There are so many oils to choose from which provide moisturizing benefits with zero(or near zero) risk of comedogenicity.

  • tai961

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 7:53 pm

    Even if they’re VCO? Or if they took out the comedomgenic portion of the coconut would it be ok to use on acne prone skin? 

  • oldperry

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 8:03 pm

    There is nothing that makes VCO (virgin coconut oil) less comedogenic.  Coconut oil is comedogenic.

    And I don’t think anyone knows what is the comedogenic causing portion of coconut oil so you can’t simply remove X ingredient.

    Natural materials are often not good to use in cosmetics.

  • tai961

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    Thank you so much. 

  • tai961

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 8:16 pm

  • tai961

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    What do you think ? It also has coconut in it 

  • oldperry

    Member
    May 9, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    I’m not sure what you mean by the question. 

    These claims don’t say what the product is supposed to do.

    If the RNF-1 Peptide actually caused skin cells to regenerate or repaired some damage that would make it a drug and illegal to sell as a cosmetic. But the way the claim is written, they just say it contains the ingredient not that it actually does anything.

    If allantoin actually caused cell healing and cell proliferation then that would be an illegal drug.  The word “promotes” is a vague term that has no legal definition so it’s just a marketing term.

    The bottom line is if there was a product that contained these ingredients and claimed that it did the things it is implying that it does, it would be an illegal drug.  So the product either doesn’t work or it’s illegal.

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