Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Why is there alcohol in most lotions?

In my experiences, you have to make specifically sure that there is no alcohol in the lotions you buy because it dries out your skin, whereas the lotion is supposed to moisturize your skin. In the chemicals in the lotions, why would they put two adversely reacting chemicals together like that?
Answer:
Isopropyl alcohol is used in those lotions as a suspending agent. Without it, the lotion would 'clump up', in most cases. Also, alcohol dries natural oils from the skin. The general idea is that the volume of lotion overrides the volume of alcohol, especially due to the fact that the alcohol evaporates and dissapates quite rapidly. There are water-based lotions now, however, which are more cutaniously friendly than isopropanol.
like you said alcohol dries out your skin, there for you will use there product more just like chap stick
So your skin dries out and you will have to use more lotion, so your skin dries out and you have to use more lotion, so your skin dries out and you have to use more lotion.
to allow the active ingredients to dry and adhere to the skin.
Why would you buy most lotions over the counter anyway when they contain toxic chemicals? You rub your hands with the lotion and put it on your body and all those toxic chemicals are absorbed your skin and get into your blood stream etc.

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