Skin Absorption Process on Skin

MINNEAPOLIS - Oct. 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Before we talk about your skin's absorption process let me outline some understanding of the basics around how and when that actually happens.

The top layer of your skin is called the Epidermis and it's made up of mostly dead skin cells that are
always flaking off as their replacement cells come up from the inner most layer of the Epidermis, called the Basal Cell layer.  Your skin is very good at being a protective barrier. It does this best when it is moisturized and healthy. Your skins natural oils, when moisturized, actually repels absorption. Thus, the dryer the skin the more absorbent it can be.

The most absorbent part of your skin are the hair follicles and pores which are all over your body. Some things absorb more slowly, and others, like medical patches, are designed to pass through quickly.

The skin absorption process works best with particles smaller than 40nm and lighter than 500 Daltan that are formed in a spherical shape.  These can pass quite easily through skin.  Generally what happens is that a chemical meets the criteria above, it passes through the skin, but your skin is really good at fighting it off, and most of the time a body's enzymes will break it down before it can enter the blood stream.

Given how effective the skin is most of time at protecting the body, the real question is … do we want to have chemicals in our body care products, and our home products, in the first place?  It can't be good to give the skin the chore of fighting off the chemicals, or synthetics, and breaking them down in our bodies so they don't harm us.

The bottom line? Be very careful about what you put on your body.  Get in the habit of looking at the ingredients label on your personal and home products, just as you do the food that you buy.

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