Comments on: Lavender Essential Oil: Skin Care Friend – or Foe?

By: beth h

beth h — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:05:32 +0000

I love the Made from Earth Lavender “Calm” lotion. The lavender is real and the scent is nice. Many so-called “lavender” lotions have no actual lavender in them! Read your labels. This one is good and it really does get rid of dryness, & you don’t have to keep reapllying it all day.

Once is enough for the day, and you want the scent to keep…as its a natural product.

http://www.madefromearth.com

By: Rik Jansen

Rik Jansen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:33:08 +0000

Even natural product are made out of chemicals. Question everything, assume nothing! And do your research.

Does it work to get bigger boobs in women? It would be nice to have a cheap alternative to a breast enlargement. And whatever you do, never put undiluted essential oil on your skin. It might burn!

By: Product Review: Lavanila Body Butter in Lavender Vanilla « FutureDerm.WordPress.com

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:43:15 +0000

[...] moisturizer containing high concentrations of cocoa and shea butters. One caveat: be aware that lavender is potentially irritating for some people (particularly those with sensitive skin) and teenage boys have been advised in The New England [...]

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Product Review: Lavanila Body Butter in Lavender Vanilla - FutureDerm.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:42:24 +0000

[...] a moisturizer containing high concentrations of cocoa and shea butters. One caveat: be aware that lavender is potentially irritating for some people (particularly those with sensitive skin) and teenage boys have been advised in The New England [...]

By: Sylvie

Sylvie — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:48:54 +0000

I randomly stumbled upon this blog so I thought I would comment on Lavender Oil. I once thought that my little jar of lavender oil was tea tree oil and dabbled it onto my pimples. My face burned so badly, even after i washed my face! So up until this blog post, I’ve been confused as to the great healing properties of this essential oil. I think I did some real damage to my skin that day..

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:02:44 +0000

An incomplete condemnation of Lavender. What the study regarding skin irritation also mentioned was that it was oxidized constituents of Lavender essential oil, ie. Lavender that was not fresh, stored correctly, or not processed properly to avoid oxidation — that was the primary skin sensitizer. You’ve managed to find a very limited number of studies that show potential issues with with this potentially very healing essential oil. A little research through the abstracts on Pub Med will show the scales titled very strongly in favor of the medicinal value of Lavender.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:51:22 +0000

Very informative and useful article, thanks!

But I want to point on a thing I find all the time in some beauty blogs: they show that the only reliable tool are papers ALREADY published in scientific journals, and I find this a very simplistic point of view.

Not all the ACTIVE INGREDIENTS are suject to scientifical research, and neither all the results and data are published. Also, most of the scientific projects are started with a purpose in mind: they try to demostrate their working hypothesis, leaving a lot of OPEN WAYS and questions in the middle.
These kind of research are many times spare steps which are not integrated in a wider conceptual framework.

Also this is not like cancer research, many possible ways are not investigated because they are not funded or are not of political/economical/cultural interest at some point.
Most of the cosmetic effects are difficult to measure in a SCIENTIFIC way. Much more to draw a conclusion from separate and SHORT TERM experiments performed with different methodologies.

Only these comments to point at this USE spreading in the web and being abused undiscriminately by people lacking of scientific background and vision.

Thank you in advance for your attention.

Becca

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:31:53 +0000

“Natural products – not just chemical-based or synthetic products – are also capable of causing skin irritation, allergic reaction, and even in exhibiting cytotoxicity in some cases.” YES! Poison ivy is natural, and I don’t want that in my skin cream.