How to choose cosmetic grade antiseptic and antifungal agent
Is cosmetic grade antiseptic and antifungal agent really safe and secure? Why do I even dare not use preservative-free skin care products? What is the role of preservatives? The answer is no. The root of this question comes from our misunderstanding of preservatives. If you ask a friend casually what the preservatives in skin care products are used for, you will basically get this answer: prevent skin care products from breaking down. However, the more important role of preservatives is: to prevent fungi and bacteria.
"No preservatives", this is an important selling point in the current cosmetics promotion. After experiencing serious side effects of cosmetics one after another, consumers began to pay more attention to the potential harm each cosmetic ingredient would bring to their skin. As a result, preservatives that easily cause skin allergies and other problems are included in the list of potentially hazardous ingredients in cosmetics, and consumers are more inclined to choose so-called "natural, preservative-free" cosmetics.
Since adding an appropriate amount of preservatives to cosmetics is an important means to ensure product quality and safety in production, are the so-called "preservative-free" cosmetics authentic? The author believes that it is not easy to make cosmetics that do not add preservatives and have a longer shelf life. Merchants are more of a squeeze ball in the promotion of "preservative-free". First, cosmetics are produced from a variety of raw materials, and these raw materials may be added with preservatives before they are sent to the manufacturer’s factory. According to national standards, it is not necessary to add an appropriate amount of preservatives to protect the raw materials. Indicated in the ingredients.
Second, many manufacturers simply do not use the preservatives listed in the "Specifications", but use solvents that cannot survive microorganisms to replace the use of preservatives, such as polyols with antibacterial effects, 1,2-pentanediol (1,2-Pentanediol), 1,2-hexanediol (1,2-021Hexanediol), although these ingredients are not preservatives, they have obvious antiseptic effects.
All in all, adding or not adding preservatives in cosmetics is not absolutely good or bad. In other words, cosmetics that do not use preservatives may derive more uncertain risks.
