Are hand creams containing dimethicone safe?
Global Silicone Network, August 11: polydimethylsiloxane can be used as a silicone surfactant, this product is colorless, odorless, non-irritating, non-volatile thin to viscous fluid.
It has the following good characteristics:
① good lubricating properties, after coating the skin can form a uniform layer of waterproof protective film, but without any sticky and greasy feeling;
②Good luster. Good resistance to ultraviolet radiation. It will not oxidize and deteriorate under ultraviolet light and cause skin irritation.
③ good anti-static properties, tests show that the skin wiped with polysiloxane skin cream static electricity all eliminated, and there is a significant dust effect good breathability, even if the formation of siloxane film on the skin does not affect the sweat discharge.
④ It has a slow release of the flavor and fragrance role, and thus a longer period of preservation of the fragrance of high stability, chemical inertia, the other components of cosmetics, especially the active ingredients do not have any adverse effects on the matching of good.
What is the role of hand cream containing dimethyl silicone oil?
Mainly because the silicone oil can play a lubricating effect on the skin, so our hands rubbed on the hand cream becomes smooth. Hand cream is a kind of healing and smoothing skin cracks, dry, can effectively prevent and treat the fall and winter hand roughness and dry crack skin care products, fall and winter season regular use can make the hand skin more tender and moisturized.
A brief introduction to silicone oil, silicone oil is a chemical substance, it has many characteristics, such as: heat resistance, hydrophobicity, radiation resistance and so on. It is colorless, odorless, non-toxic and non-irritating. Used in hand creams, it plays a large role because it is equivalent to a “lubricant”.
Hand cream is used to care for the skin of the hands, when the skin occurs dry, cracked and other negative phenomena, it is time for it to come out to repair and care. The silicone oils in the cream have a smoothing effect, and after applying the cream, you can feel that the skin on your hands is a lot smoother, as if you had built up a thin transparent layer of protection, which will take care of your hands in a complete way.
The main function of the hand cream is similar to the skin cream, which is a cosmetic product used to keep the skin, especially the stratum corneum outside of the skin, always moderately moist. It is characterized by its ability to not only maintain the skin’s moisture balance, but also to replenish important oily ingredients, hydrophilic moisturizing ingredients and water, and to act as a carrier of active ingredients and agents that are absorbed by the skin for the purpose of conditioning and nourishing the skin.
The heat resistance we mentioned earlier actually plays a big role. It is because of the silicone oil contained in the hand cream, and silicone oil also has the property of heat resistance, so that the nutrients in our hands are not easily evaporated, and can lock the nutrients firmly in the hands, which in turn can play a nourishing effect.
Our hand skin is very fragile, can not stand a little stimulation, and silicone oil “four no”, which includes “non-irritating”. This property gives us a special peace of mind when using hand creams.
Overall, it’s great to have silicone in your hand cream, as it acts as a protector of nutrients, allowing other nutrients to work better on the skin of your hands.
Next time when you choose hand cream, when you see the ingredients have “silicone oil”, I hope you have a little more peace of mind, but also hope that you can through the care and maintenance of hand cream, so that the skin of the hands more delicate, fairer!
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