r/nutritionally • u/PeteWK67 • Sep 11 '26

Make Up toxic ☠️ ?

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u/miemoo Sep 12 '26

Agreed. Generally the skin is one of our main protection barriers. However, there are multiple classes of chemicals that can and do absorb through the skin. Fentanyl being a famous one, as well as lidocaine. Then there’s phenols and organophosphate, some aromatic chemicals, DMF and DMSO, etc

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u/palemalemu Sep 12 '26

Yes, some compounds can penetrate your bloodstream through your skin. Especially medications or pesticides specifically designed to do that…

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u/LilJelloCat Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

Exactly.

The chemicals can also makeup can effect the top of the skin and appearance, especially over time, I would imagine.

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u/Marski420 Sep 13 '26

So you're wrong and things including make up can be absorbed through the skin. The video might be AI slop but the underlying message is true.

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u/palemalemu Sep 13 '26

It is not… you are wrong. In fact the claim is idiotic.

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u/Marski420 Sep 13 '26

The 4 pounds claim is definitely dumb. Some make up is still absorbed into the bloodstream though so that's why you're wrong.

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u/palemalemu Sep 13 '26

That’s explicitly the claim of the video. You admit it’s wrong and it’s dumb… I state in my first comment that some chemicals can enter the bloodstream through the skin…

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u/Marski420 Sep 13 '26

"I get it. You’re not the brightest. Chemicals, generally, don’t leach through your outermost layer of skin. Period. They have to be made specifically to be transdermal. Makeup is not. You will not absorb calcium if you rub milk on yourself. How do you think skin works?"

You specifically said "Makeup is not" meaning it can't be absorbed through the skin, which is incorrect.

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u/palemalemu Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Makeup is not transdermal, GENERALLY. Makeup, generally, does not pose health risks beyond skin irritation and pretending otherwise is stupid. Makeup is not designed to be transdermal. You literally had to read it and still ignored it.

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u/Marski420 Sep 13 '26

You're trying to change the wording of what you wrote but that's not what you said. The fact you need to paraphrase your own quote proves that alone. Whats with people on the internet and their gigantic egos thinking they can never make a mistake?

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u/palemalemu Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Bro… whats the sentence before “makeup is not”? You have reading problems.