Cosmetics are made from our everyday life is unimaginable. When
showering, brushing teeth, hair styling, body adornment, or for sun
protection, we draw back of course to the wide range of cleaning, care
and decorative products.
If these products are well tolerated, is only the result of important. But if they cause allergies and intolerances, the search for acceptable alternatives.
The allergy image
For allergies to cosmetic products, it is usually to contact delayed-type IV (delayed reaction). Symptoms include redness, itching, flaking, blistering and / or burning. The symptoms are usually only after 24 to 72 hours, so that an allocation of allergy triggers is not easy. The allergic reaction is limited to the skin area that had direct contact with the problematic material. Avoiding contact, allergic contact dermatitis from usually heals completely.
The allergens
In principle, any cosmetic ingredient can trigger an allergy or intolerance. Among the most common triggers include fragrances, balsam of Peru, preservatives, lanolin, and emulsifiers. They are largely harmless in itself, important ingredients for the product that affect the durability or the smell.
Whether a preservative or perfume can trigger an allergy depends on several factors including the allergenic potency of the substances but also on individual susceptibility to allergies, the user, which is partly genetic. A damaged skin - for example through frequent contact with water or cleaning agents and cleaning - may also favor an allergic responses.
Myth: Natural cosmetics do not trigger allergies
In many cosmetics, e.g. in natural cosmetics contain plant extracts, the irritating and / or sensitizing substances, so that intolerance and allergies are here possible.
Allergies often occur particularly on the following ingredients:
Balsam of Peru, a fragrance in soaps, lipsticks, shaving lotions and toothpastes, but also in chewing gum, "soft drinks", and many medical ointments
Arnica in hand and foot creams, bath additives, anti-dandruff agents
Chamomile in creams, soaps, after-sun preparations, shampoos
Allergenmeidung
Prerequisite for the consistent avoidance of symptoms of the allergy trigger (waiting) is. Here, the information in your passport allergy particularly important. In connection with the labeling of ingredients on the product packaging (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredient) can be problematic for the allergic substances they already know before buying. There are restrictions on the labeling of fragrances, because they can be found on the packaging usually under the generic term "fragrance", "Fragrance" or "flavor". But the 26 fragrances that are noticed by their allergy potential and are recognized upon suspicion of fragrance allergy in standard tests, are indicated by their INCI names on the product packaging.
For many years, initiated and developed by the German Allergy and Asthma Association in cooperation with manufacturers cleaning and cosmetic products, specifically to avoid the scents. Learn more about this user tests can be found here.
If you have further questions, please contact the German Allergy and Asthma Association, where you get as a member of a detailed consultation with the DAAB science team. The German Allergy and Asthma Association eV is happy to help you find compatible products.
If these products are well tolerated, is only the result of important. But if they cause allergies and intolerances, the search for acceptable alternatives.
The allergy image
For allergies to cosmetic products, it is usually to contact delayed-type IV (delayed reaction). Symptoms include redness, itching, flaking, blistering and / or burning. The symptoms are usually only after 24 to 72 hours, so that an allocation of allergy triggers is not easy. The allergic reaction is limited to the skin area that had direct contact with the problematic material. Avoiding contact, allergic contact dermatitis from usually heals completely.
The allergens
In principle, any cosmetic ingredient can trigger an allergy or intolerance. Among the most common triggers include fragrances, balsam of Peru, preservatives, lanolin, and emulsifiers. They are largely harmless in itself, important ingredients for the product that affect the durability or the smell.
Whether a preservative or perfume can trigger an allergy depends on several factors including the allergenic potency of the substances but also on individual susceptibility to allergies, the user, which is partly genetic. A damaged skin - for example through frequent contact with water or cleaning agents and cleaning - may also favor an allergic responses.
Myth: Natural cosmetics do not trigger allergies
In many cosmetics, e.g. in natural cosmetics contain plant extracts, the irritating and / or sensitizing substances, so that intolerance and allergies are here possible.
Allergies often occur particularly on the following ingredients:
Balsam of Peru, a fragrance in soaps, lipsticks, shaving lotions and toothpastes, but also in chewing gum, "soft drinks", and many medical ointments
Arnica in hand and foot creams, bath additives, anti-dandruff agents
Chamomile in creams, soaps, after-sun preparations, shampoos
Allergenmeidung
Prerequisite for the consistent avoidance of symptoms of the allergy trigger (waiting) is. Here, the information in your passport allergy particularly important. In connection with the labeling of ingredients on the product packaging (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredient) can be problematic for the allergic substances they already know before buying. There are restrictions on the labeling of fragrances, because they can be found on the packaging usually under the generic term "fragrance", "Fragrance" or "flavor". But the 26 fragrances that are noticed by their allergy potential and are recognized upon suspicion of fragrance allergy in standard tests, are indicated by their INCI names on the product packaging.
For many years, initiated and developed by the German Allergy and Asthma Association in cooperation with manufacturers cleaning and cosmetic products, specifically to avoid the scents. Learn more about this user tests can be found here.
If you have further questions, please contact the German Allergy and Asthma Association, where you get as a member of a detailed consultation with the DAAB science team. The German Allergy and Asthma Association eV is happy to help you find compatible products.
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