The claim that using makeup excessively is damaging to the skin, but in reality using makeup at all is damaging to the skin. Whether it's one product or 20 products, it's all damaging. After reading the article, I agree that makeup is damaging, and I agree that there are ways to go about avoiding as much of that damage as possible. However, that will not fully eliminate those issues and damages that makeup is causing you, unless you fully stop wearing it. The article is true but it left out a key point that ALL makeup is damaging your skin, not just excessive use. This is a blog for a company that is selling a spa service. They only say that excessive makeup is damaging in hopes to promote their products, even though their products might be damaging. They are selling “medical grade skin care” cleansers and products, aka ¨ specialty facials ¨, without defining how that might be different from makeup purchased from a drug or department store. In fact, the link in the blog references another promotion by the Spa, claiming without evidence that their product “offers a range of top medical-grade skincare lines, many of which are only available through a licensed physician. Not only are these medical-grade products thoroughly tested for safety and efficacy, but they also contain optimal potency compared to what you can find in over-the-counter alternatives.” They claim that the products were “tested” without informing the consumer who tested it and when, and what the test results may have been.
In addition, they claim that their product is ¨better¨ by pointing to ¨experts¨ who have a medical license. Nowhere do they provide information linking the medical expertise to the ¨better products services¨ they are trying to sell. This is just more expensive makeup and unsupported claims that ¨skinceuticals¨ (which is a made-up word mashing together pharmaceuticals with skin care) will somehow be ¨better¨ than what is available at the drugstore.
No one needs any of this, go to your doctors or dermatologist and go from there, not from a .com website that is only a sales pitch. This is a promotion to sell products for skincare. ¨Boost your skin’s health at Kalos Medical Spa
Led by female Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Emily J. Kirby, Kalos Medical Spa in Fort Worth offers safe, proven treatments and products to improve your skin’s health and appearance.¨ (https://www.kalosmedicalspa.com/how-makeup-affects-skin-health/#:~:text=When%20worn%20for%20long%20periods,90%25%20of%20visible%20skin%20aging) A plastic surgeon certified to alter your appearance, a dermatologist is a licensed to improve your skin and health.
Makeup and skin care products use all sorts of chemicals and ingredients that the average consumer knows little about. Even a list of the chemicals in a product is nearly impossible to decipher. The manufacturers do not provide scientific information proving that the product is either harmless or useful. They just make sales claims.
Just as we want to know and understand what we eat/consume, we also want to know what our skin barriers consume. For example, a NIH study claims “[m]any cosmetic and personal care items contain a variety of chemicals that could be harmful to people’s health. Of particular concern, phthalates, found in plastics and fragrances, have been linked to developmental and reproductive challenges, affecting approximately 10% of the population (5)” (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11381309/) All of these chemicals are only good at clogging pores, making its way into your bloodstream and underneath your skin barrier. So many people get pimples and they don't link it to what they put on their face. Even if you don't wear makeup but you wear hand cream and touch your face, it can have the same effect.
The scientific critique in this article also notes that “[m]etals contained in products can travel into the bloodstream through dermal absorption and cause dangerous effects on the human body (32).” (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11381309/) Without scientific knowledge about the ingrediants in skincare products, the average consumer may have no idea that metals are included in skin care ingredients. Some of the chemicals use in skin care products are metals. For example, this article illustrates the problem:
“[w]hile some metals are contaminants of the chemical combining process, others serve as colorants. For instance, chromium is used in a very small number of products as a colorant, and iron oxides are common colorants in eye shadows, blushes and concealers. Some aluminum compounds are colorants in lip glosses, lipsticks and nail polishes. In addition, some color additives may be contaminated by heavy metals, such as D&C Red 6, which can be contaminated by arsenic, lead and mercury”.(https://www.safecosmetics.org/chemicals/lead-and-other-heavy-metals/ )
