PaulaDiddy
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I am having a huge trouble in searching about mineral oil. Could someone explain to me why it so bad? and why there products that are made with mineral oil that is no benefits to the hair?
TIA.
TIA.
2. MINERAL OIL & PETROLATUM: The best baby oil is made from almonds. But the oil which being sold as baby oil is 100% mineral oil. Mineral oil is a derivative of crude oil (petroleum) that is used industrially as a cutting fluid and lubricating oil. This commonly used petroleum ingredient coats the skin and hair just like plastic wrap. The skin's natural barrier is disrupted as this plastic coating inhibits its ability to breathe and absorb the Natural Moisture Factor (moisture and nutrition). The skin's ability to release toxins and wastes is impossible through this "plastic wrap," which can promote acne and other disorders. It further hinders normal skin respiration/transpiration by keeping oxygen out. This process slows down skin function and normal cell development causing the skin to prematurely age. Holding in large a mounts of moisture in the skin can "flood" the biology and may result in immature, unhealthy, sensitive skin that dries out easily. Petrolatum - A petroleum-based grease that is used industrially as a grease component. Petrolatum exhibits many of the same potentially harmful properties as mineral oil.
Honestly, this stuff belongs in your engine, not on your hair. Regardless of "Well, my Grandma used vaseline on her hair and it grew ", the bottom line is this stuff is bad. It was bad for Grandma and it is bad for you. Period.
Mineral oil is fine for me.
I have never had a problem using products with mineral oil.
I am not a heavy user of it, but I do own some really great products that contain mineral oil.
I think when people try to use it to moisturize they get in trouble. But, I am confident that mineral oil is fine.
I know others will disagree, but based on other threads like this one, I am not alone in the "mineral oil is not all that bad" club.
Source: Nappturality, 10 INGREDIENTS TO AVOID PUTTING ON YOUR HAIR!. http://www.nappturality.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=22
If it's at the top of the ingredients list on a product...dump that stuff.