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Pls enlighten me about this. i wanna know if there is truth that baby oil has carcinogen. i learned about it when i watched one of the programs on MTV (i forgot the name) where they feature a music video and then there are comic strips of info about the making of the video that randomly pops out on screen. the music video im talking about here is britney spears' im a slave for you. you saw there that they're covered with oils right? and so a comic strip popped out and said "baby oil is carcinogen,' something like that. that was the first time i realized that but i dont know if it's true cuz baby oils are popular for babies. we know babies have fragile everything then if baby oils are hazardous for them then why are we still existing and free from cancer? if not all, i think most of us used baby oil when we were still babies and even use baby oil up to the present, then why are they saying now that it's not good for everyday use?
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No, it isn't. That is a myth. Please see the following (recognizing that baby oil is, essentially, mineral oil): http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/15/do-you-believe-any-of-these-skin-care-myths/ http://personalcaretruth.com/2011/02/mineral-oil/
Two things to know about mineral oil: 1) cosmetic grade is different from what is used in industrial settings, 2) don't breathe the actual liquid into your lungs deliberately (as in aspirate the stuff), or inject it into your abdominal cavity.
The International Agency for Cancer concluded the following about "white oils and petrolatums" (which include the type of mineral oil and petroleum jelly used in cosmetics): "There is no evidence for the carcinogenicity to experimental animals of white oils (class 5) when administered by routes other than intraperitoneal injection..." http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol33/volume33.pdf
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whew! thanks so much for the immediate reply. i'm worried that i'll get cancer cuz i use baby oil than lotion for my skin.
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Are you still worried? Hope not. The only danger with it is when people take it internally (I think it's used to treat constipation, btw, if I'm not mistaken--mineral oil I mean, not the scented kind) if they get it down the wrong "tube" (in the trachea) it can cause a type of pneumonia. But you don't have to worry about breathing the scent of it, just literally breathing in the liquid (as you would if you aspirated it).
Yeah, here you go. A fact sheet from the American Cancer Society . http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/GuidetoCancerDrugs/Mineral-Oil Apparently, it is used to treat constipation, including in cancer patients. I think they'd have cancer listed as a side effect for it, if that were an issue--it is the Cancer Society, after all...
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@Sarah: Have I told you lately that you rock? Thanks for helping out with these questions!
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Hey--thanks! I'm a bit of an internet and information junkie--glad if that addiction can be harnessed to serve others well some of the time:) I do love this blog, lots of good scientific perspectives to be had here.
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Plus mineral oil gets a zero on the comedogenic scale. In this case zero is a good thing!
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My Mom and Her mom had both beautiful skin ( no wrinkles what so ever ) , they used products skin creams containing Mineral Oil, I also use it and people ask me what I do with my skin when I tell them the cheap products I use honestly they freak out but I have prove (plus I am licensed esthetician ) . Christine Vallmey founder of skin care school based her products on Mineral Oil no one ever had problems with it until now and companies selling their magic oils 30 $ and up some are even 100.00$. Now You see why they have to create this hype about Mineral Oil . Another point i will make also , Boiron German homeopthatic company makes their ointments based on petroleum ( father of mineral oil ) , having sad that I do get eczema on my eyes and hands guess what works best its mineral oil based products.Beautiful healthy skin most of all is based on how You eat and exercise not using expensive oils , Mineral Oil is cheap and good to use !
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