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  Sulfur: What sulfur source works well and how to integrate it? (for anti acne use)

  Posted by Zink on February 21, 2014 at 1:03 am

  Playing around with sulfur as a lot of acne users like it in spot treatments, what source is good? Just plain old Sodium sulfate? Do you need to micronize oit to make it stay evenly dispersed in lotions?

  
  

  I have food grade anhydrous sodium sulfate 99%+ at hand.

  Zink replied 10 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  chemicalmatt

  Member

  February 21, 2014 at 4:09 pm

  Sodium sulfate wouldn’t do much Zink. Sodium sulf ITE, on the other hand is keratolytic, yet I don’t think that applies either (decomposes to H2S, sewer gas, poisinous, yadayadayada). You are probably seeking flowers of sulfur,  which is sometimes called sulfur florets or colloidal sulfur. Dispersing in oil works best, as it is not water-soluble, not much anyway. This is an old school acne remedy. Old as in 1950’s old.

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  Zink

  Member

  February 22, 2014 at 1:28 am

  Interesting, there are commercial anti acne products that use sodium sulfate, so this would be a good source?

  http://www.essentialwholesale.com/product/1949/colloidal-sulfur

  
  

  Thanks for the info!
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  Bobzchemist

  Member

  February 22, 2014 at 10:23 am

  Wear gloves! A friend wrecked his hands for years after formulating with sulfur.

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  Bobzchemist

  Member

  February 22, 2014 at 10:24 am

  Sulfur makes it an OTC

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  Zink

  Member

  February 22, 2014 at 2:10 pm

  Thanks for the warning! Making a spot treatment for myself, if good I might get a contract manufacturer to manufacture it down the line.

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