Uyini Umehluko Phakathi Kwemikhiqizo Ehlanzekile Nemvelo Yobuhle?

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• Hlanza vs. Ubuhle Bemvelo
• Izinzuzo Zokukhetha Ubuhle obuhlanzekile
• Ungayithola Kanjani Imikhiqizo Ehlanzekile
• Buyekeza kwe-

Yonke imikhiqizo yemvelo, ephilayo, kanye ne-eco-friendly ivame kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kepha ngayo yonke imigomo ehlukahlukene yezempilo lapho, ukuthola izinto ezihlangabezana kahle nezidingo zakho (kanye nokuziphatha) kungadida kancane. Lokho kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa ekuhlanzekeni nasebuhleni bemvelo.

Yize kulula ukucabanga ukuthi "ukuhlanzeka" nokuthi "okwemvelo" kusho into efanayo, empeleni zihluke kakhulu. Nakhu ubuhle nobuhle besikhumba abafuna ukuthi wazi ngokuthenga izinto kulezi zigaba ezimbili, nokuthi ukukhetha kwakho komkhiqizo kungasithinta kanjani isikhumba sakho nempilo yakho yonke. (BTW, lena imikhiqizo yobuhle bemvelo engcono kakhulu ongayithenga ku-Target.)

Hlanza vs. Ubuhle Bemvelo

"Abanye basebenzisa la magama ngokushintshana ngoba akukho sigungu esilawulayo noma ukuvumelana okujwayelekile mayelana nezincazelo zokuthi 'ukuhlanzeka' nokuthi 'okwemvelo,'" kusho uLeigh Winters, isazi sezinzwa nezempilo ephelele esiza ekwakheni imikhiqizo yobuhle bemvelo.

"'Okwemvelo' kusetshenziselwa kakhulu ukuchaza ubumsulwa bezithako. Uma abathengi befuna imikhiqizo yemvelo, kungenzeka ukuthi bafuna ukuthola ukwenziwa ngezithako ezihlanzekile, ezenziwe ngemvelo ngaphandle kwezinto zokwenziwa," kusho uWinters. Imikhiqizo yemvelo ngokuvamile iqukethe izithako ezitholakala kwimvelo (njengale mikhiqizo yobuhle ye-DIY ongayenza ekhaya), kunamakhemikhali enziwe elebhu.

Nakuba abantu abaningi bejwayelene nomqondo wokudla okuhlanzekile, noma ukudla okugcwele, okungacutshungulwanga, "ubuhle obuhlanzekile" buhluke kancane, njengoba kugxile kakhulu ekuhlolweni okuvela eceleni ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwezithako-kanye nokuthakaselayo. ngokuba nobungane nokusimama, kusho uWinters. Izithako zingaba zemvelo noma zenziwe elebhu, kepha ukhiye ukuthi zonke zikhonjisiwe ukuthi ziphephile ukuzisebenzisa noma abukho ubufakazi bokuthi hhayi kuphephile ukusebenzisa.

Enye yezindlela ezilula zokuchaza umehluko phakathi kwalokhu kuyisibonelo esicashunwe kaningi: "Cabanga ngobuthi obunobuthi," kusho uWinters. "Kuyisitshalo esihle ukubheka ukuhamba ehlathini, futhi 'kungokwemvelo.' Kodwa ayinayo inzuzo yokwelashwa futhi ingakulimaza uma uyihlikihla esikhunjeni sakho sonke. Ubuthi obunobuthi buqokomisa lo mqondo wokuthi ngenxa yokuthi isitshalo noma isithako 'singokwemvelo,' lelo gama lilodwa alikwenzi ukuba lifane nelithi 'efficacious' noma ' kuphephile ukusetshenziswa kwezihloko kubantu.'" Yiqiniso, lokho akusho konke imikhiqizo yemvelo mibi. Kusho nje ukuthi igama elithi "yemvelo" alisona isiqinisekiso sokuthi zonke izithako kumkhiqizo ziphephile.

Ngenxa yokuthi igama elithi "hlanzeka" alilawulwa ngokomthetho, kukhona nokuhlukahluka okuthile kokuthi yini efanelekile njenge "ehlanzekile" kuyo yonke imboni. "Kimina, incazelo 'ukuhlanza' ithi 'i-biocompatible,'" kuchaza u-Tiffany Masterson, umsunguli we-Drunk Elephant, uhlobo lokunakekelwa kwesikhumba elenza imikhiqizo ehlanzekile kuphela futhi eliyisisekelo segolide ezweni lokunakekelwa kwesikhumba esihlanzekile. "Lokho kusho ukuthi isikhumba nomzimba singakwazi ukuyicubungula, siyamukele, siyibone, futhi siyisebenzise ngempumelelo ngaphandle kokucasuka, ukuzwela, izifo, noma ukuphazanyiswa. Ukuhlanzeka kungaba yinto yokwenziwa kanye / noma yemvelo."

Emikhiqizweni kaMasterson, kugxilwe ekugwemeni lokho akubiza ngokuthi izithako "ezisolisayo 6", ezitholakala kwimikhiqizo eminingi yobuhle emakethe. "Bangama-oyela abalulekile, ama-silicone, omisa utshwala, i-sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), ama-sunscreen amakhemikhali, namakha nodayi," kusho uMasterson. Yebo, ngisho namafutha abalulekile-isisekelo somkhiqizo wobuhle bemvelo. Nakuba ngokwemvelo, i-Masterson ikholelwa ukuthi idala umonakalo omkhulu kunobuhle emikhiqizweni yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba, njengoba ivame ukungabi msulwa ngokuphelele, futhi iphunga elimnandi lanoma yiluphi uhlobo lingabangela ukucasuka kwesikhumba.

Yize uhlobo lukaMasterson kuyilona lodwa olugwemayo konke zalezi zithako kuwo wonke umkhiqizo wazo onikezwayo, izinhlobo eziningi ezihlanzekile zigxila kakhulu ekunqandeni izithako ezinjenge-parabens, phthalates, sulfates, kanye ne-petrochemicals.

Izinzuzo Zokukhetha Ubuhle obuhlanzekile

"Ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo engenazithako ezinobuthi kunganciphisa ubungozi bokucasuka, ububomvu nokuzwela," kusho uDendy Engelman, MD, udokotela ohlinzayo wesikhumba ozinze e-NYC. "Ezinye izithako ezinobuthi nazo zixhunyaniswe nezinye izindaba zezempilo ezifana nomdlavuza wesikhumba, izingqinamba zesistimu yezinzwa, izinkinga zokuzala, nokuningi," kusho uDkt Engelman. Yize kunzima ukusungula imbangela ecacile phakathi kwamakhemikhali emikhiqizweni yobuhle nezinkinga zempilo, abameli bohle abahlanzekile bathatha indlela "ephephe kangcono kunokuxolisa".

Kubalulekile futhi ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuhlanzeka akusho ukuthi udinga ukuhamba ngamaphesenti ayi-100 wemvelo (ngaphandle uma ufuna!), Ngoba izithako eziningi zokwenziwa kukhona ephephile. "Ngingumsekeli omkhulu wokunakekelwa kwesikhumba okusekelwa yisayensi. Ezinye izithako ezenziwe elebhu zingaletha imiphumela emihle futhi ziphephe ngokuphelele ukuzisebenzisa," kwengeza uDkt Engelman. Yize eminye imikhiqizo yemvelo mihle, labo abanentshisekelo ngokuyinhloko ekusebenziseni imikhiqizo ephephe kakhulu ukuthola imiphumela engcono kakhulu kungenzeka ukuthi bathole impumelelo begxile kwimikhiqizo ehlanzekile ngaphezu kwemvelo.

Okubaluleke kakhulu, ama-derms athi, ukuhlola uhlu lwezithako ngaphambi kokusebenzisa umkhiqizo. "Kudingeka wazi ngempela ukuthi ubeka ini esikhumbeni sakho, njengoba isikhumba sakho sidonsa lezi zithako njengesipontshi futhi singena ngqo emzimbeni," kusho u-Amanda Doyle, M.D., udokotela wesikhumba e-Russak Dermatology e-NYC.

Ngokuya ngempilo yesikhumba sakho, enye inzuzo yokuhlanzeka ukuthi imikhiqizo ivame ukuba yendawo yonke. "Imikhiqizo ehlanzekile, ngaphansi kwencazelo yami, ilungele sonke isikhumba," kuphawula uMasterson. "Azikho 'izinhlobo' zesikhumba emhlabeni wami. Siphatha sonke isikhumba ngokulinganayo futhi ngaphandle kwezimbalwa ezimbalwa, sonke isikhumba siphendula ngendlela efanayo. Yonke indaba engingayicabanga mayelana nesikhumba 'esiyinkinga' iba ngcono kakhulu-uma ingashabalali- lapho kwenziwa inqubo ehlanzekile ngokuphelele. "

Ungayithola Kanjani Imikhiqizo Ehlanzekile

Ngakho-ke ungabona kanjani ukuthi umkhiqizo uhlanzekile ngempela noma cha? Indlela ephephe kunazo zonke ukuhlola uhlu lwezithako, bese ulubhekisa kwiwebhusayithi ye-Environmental Work Group (EWG), ngokusho kukaDavid Pollock, umxhumanisi wemboni yezobuhle nomqambi wemikhiqizo yobuhle engenazo i-carcinogen.

Uma ungenasikhathi salokho, usenokukhetha uma uzama ukuhlanzeka. I-Pollock iphakamisa ukugwema ama-parabens, ama-glycols, i-triethanolamine, i-sodium ne-ammonium laureth sulfate, i-triclosan, amakhemikhali e-petrochemicals njengamafutha amaminerali kanye ne-petrolatum, amakha okwenziwa kanye nodayi, nezinye izinto ze-ethoxylated ezikhiqiza i-1,4-Dioxane.

Enye indlela ukuthola umkhiqizo owethembayo futhi uhambe nemikhiqizo yawo kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka. "Kunemikhiqizo eminingana emakethe eyenza umsebenzi omuhle wokunikeza imikhiqizo yobuhle engenabuthi, futhi eminye ezayo futhi ezayo," kusho uPollack. "Okusemqoka ukwazi uphawu lomkhiqizo. Buza imibuzo. Bamba iqhaza. Futhi lapho uthola uphawu olunefilosofi ehambisana neyakho, hlala nabo."

Ngeshwa, imikhiqizo yobuhle ehlanzekile ivame ukubiza kakhulu kunejwayelekile (yize kukhona okuhlukile!), kodwa lokho ngokuvamile kusho ukuthi uthola okuningi ngemali yakho. "Njengoba ama-filler engasetshenziswanga, lokho kushiya isikhala sezithako ezisebenzayo ngakho-ke, imikhiqizo ehlanzekile izobiza kakhulu," kusho uNicolas Travis, umsunguli womkhiqizo wobuhle ohlanzekile nowe-adaptogenic i-Allies of Skin.

Uma ukhawulelwe kulokho ongakushintsha ngenxa yentengo, kusakufanele ukwenza izinguquko ezincane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Mayelana nokuthi ungaqala ngani, "Ngingasho noma yini oyisebenzisa kakhulu," kusho uDkt. Doyle. "Cabanga isithambisa somzimba, ishampu, noma isiqedaphunga. Ikuphi ukushintshanisa ongakwenza okungaba nomthelela omkhulu?"

UDkt Engelman ukhetha ukukhipha izithako kunokushintsha umkhiqizo owodwa noma emibili ngesikhathi. "Uma usebenzisa i-lipstick enobuthi kodwa i-shampoo ehlanzekile, ubuthi busalokhu bumunca isikhumba sakho kungakhathalekile ukuthi ukuphi emzimbeni wakho. Lokho kusho ukuthi, izindawo zomzimba ezinokugeleza kwegazi okuphezulu (isikhumba) noma eziseduze ne-mucosa (izindebe, amehlo, ikhala) ziyingozi kunezindawo ezinesikhumba esijiyile (izindololwane, amadolo, izandla, izinyawo). Ngakho-ke, uma udinga ukukhetha, sebenzisa imikhiqizo ephephile ekhanda nasebusweni bakho. "

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