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Cosmetic ingredients to avoid for acne are quite extensive, they take many different forms a lot of them are added as necessary to formulate a usable consumer product. If you suffer from acne the following ingredients used in cosmetics and makeup can be very bad for your condition, if the cosmetics you are buying contain any of the ingredients, even the natural ones listed below, you are advised not to use them, the reason is that these ingredients are considered to be comedogenic, so they may worsen your acne condition or in some cases make it flare up. This is a big list and many consumer cosmetics will probably contain some of these items listed, you should check the labels on the products before using, by the time you have dismissed most of the products containing these ingredients you may find you will only be left with a handful that are suitable for use with acne.
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Do not use any products containing any of these ingredients if you have acne, or are prone to it, these are considered comedogenic and may also cause irritation to the skin. Algae Extract Algin Colloidal Sulfur Isocetyl Alcohol Laureth 4 Octyl Stearate
Cocoa Butter Coconut Butter Coconut Oil Cotton Awws Oil Cotton Seed Oil Crisco D & C Red # 17 D & C Red # 21 D & C Red # 3 D & C Red # 30 D & C Red # 36 Decyl Oleate Dioctyl Succinate Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2-Sulfosuccinate Ethoxylated Lanolin Ethylhexyl Palmitate Glyceryl Stearate SE Glyceryl-3-Diisostearate Hexadecyl Alcohol Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Isocetyl Stearate Isodecyl Oleate Isopropyl Isostearate Isopropyl Linolate Isopropyl Myristate Isopropyl Palmitate Isostearyl Isostearate Isostearyl Neopentanoate Laureth 23 Lauric Acid Mink Oil Myristic Acid Myristyl Lactate Myristyl Myristate Octyl Palmitate Oleth-3 Oleyl Alcohol PEG 16 Lanolin PEG 200 Dilaurate PEG 8 Stearate PG Monostearate PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate Polyglyceryl-3-Diisostearate Potassium Chloride Propylene Glycol Monostearate Red Algae Shark Liver Oil Sodium Chloride (Salt)
Sodium Laureth Sulfate Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Solulan 16 Sorbitan Oleate Soybean Oil Steareth 10 Stearic Acid Tea Stearyl Heptanoate Sulfated Castor Oil Sulfated Jojoba Oil Syearyl Heptanoate Wheat Germ Glyceride Wheat Germ Oil Xylene
Carbomer Carbomer 940 Carboxypropylcellulose Carmine Carnuba Wax Carotene Castor Oil Ceresin Wax Chamomile Extract Chaulomoogra Oil Cholesterol Choleth 24 Chromium Hydroxide Cyclomethicone D & C Red # 33 D & C Red # 4 D & C Red # 6 D & C Red # 7 D & C Red # 9 Deionized Water Diethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Diisopropyl Adipate Dimethicone Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate Ethyl Paraben Ethyl Ether Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Ethylene Glycol Monostearate Evening Primrose Oil Glycerin Glyceryl Stearate NSE Glyceryl Tricapylo/Caprate Hydantoin Hydrogenated Castor Oil Hydrolyzed Animal Protein Hydroxypropylcellulose Iron Oxide Jojoba Oil Kaolin Lanolin Oil (natural) Lanolin Wax (natural) Lithium Stearate Magneseium Aluminum Silicate Magnesium Stearate Menthyl Anthranilate Methyl Paraben Mineral Oil Octyl Dimethyl PABA
Octyl Methoxycinnimate Octyl Salicylate Octyldodecyl Stearate Oxybenzone PEG 40 Castor Oil PEG 100 Stearate PEG 20 Stearate PEG 5 Soya Sterol PEG 10 Soya Sterol PEG 75 Lanolin PG Caprylate/Caprate PPG 30 Cety Ester Panthenol Papain Pentarythrital Tetra Capra/Caprylate Petrolatum PG Dicaprylate/Caprate Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 400) Polyethylene Glycol 300 Polysorbate 20 Polysorbate 80 Precipitated Sulfur Propyl Paraben Propylene Glycol Safflower Oil Simethicone Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium PCA Sorbitan Laurate Sorbitan Sesquinoleate Sorbitan Stearate Sorbitol Soya Sterol Squalane Steareth 100 Sterol Esters Sunflower Oil Talc Titanium Dioxide Ultramarine Violet Zinc Oxide Zinc Stearate
These represent many of the common ingredients used in cosmetics but there are many more that may also be considered irritants. For more information go to http://acnetreatmentszoom.com/ where you will find a wealth of useful advice and tips on acne and looking after your skin.