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Vaginal safe preservative and ingredients
I’d like to formulate a personal lube for older women or even women with cancer managing vaginal dryness. What is a safe eco cert or food and vaginal safe preservative? Which ingredients are safe to apply to the vulva/vagina for dryness from menopause/radiation etc? It should also be food and condom safe as well. Would GDL work along side Leucidal to maintain the shelf life?
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Appreciate your professionalism and concern for safety. In that regard, please drop the Ecocert charade and forget the GDL/Leucidal - in any application.
Suggest . parabens and organic acid(s).
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I agree- traditional would be safer, cheaper and better but it seems to be an trend right now. Its unfortunate as a lot of times these are exponentially more expensive and still fail challenge testing. ???? “but the supplier’s marketing propaganda said this leaf would give 3 yr shelf life”
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I’ve developed a few “clean” vaginal lubricants for a brand. The preservative system of choice for these brands tends to be potassium sorbate/sodium benzoate. I have a preference for more robust systems, but this combo seems to be the standard for “clean”. Just make sure to pH the product correctly as these are pH sensitive.
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Before you go too far down this path … Are you aware that what you are describing is regulated at an FDA 510K Medical Device. The testing to get a product like this to market runs around $200,000.
But, yes, the salts of organic acids are generally preferred in these products. You might also consider coupling those with Phenethyl Alcohol
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FDA is only valid for USA though.
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Fair comment; though in many countries such products are also considered a medical device. However, sometimes it does come down to the wording on the pack.
Treating vaginal dryness would be a medical claim and thus a medical device in many countries.
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