Comments on: Do moisturisers cause skin cancer? http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/do-moisturisers-cause-skin-cancer/ A cosmetic scientist shares his news and views on beauty products and the science behind them Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/do-moisturisers-cause-skin-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-59144 Colin Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:47:26 +0000 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/?p=182#comment-59144 Good points Perry. I would really like to see your experiment done. No follow up has been done on this that I am aware of. There isn't any obvious reason it has started getting publicity again recently, other than there are lots of people looking desperately for evidence that there is something wrong with cosmetics and not finding very much. So this one gets churned out again. Good points Perry. I would really like to see your experiment done.

No follow up has been done on this that I am aware of. There isn’t any obvious reason it has started getting publicity again recently, other than there are lots of people looking desperately for evidence that there is something wrong with cosmetics and not finding very much. So this one gets churned out again.

]]> By: Perry http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/do-moisturisers-cause-skin-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-59082 Perry Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:37:36 +0000 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/?p=182#comment-59082 I just looked at the abstract and saw that they tested a Custom Blend lotion that didn't have the effect. However, the Custom Blend didn't contain any petrolatum or mineral oil so I can see that your explanation still makes sense. The Custom Blend lotion just didn't do a good job of moisturizing. I just looked at the abstract and saw that they tested a Custom Blend lotion that didn’t have the effect.

However, the Custom Blend didn’t contain any petrolatum or mineral oil so I can see that your explanation still makes sense. The Custom Blend lotion just didn’t do a good job of moisturizing.

]]> By: Perry http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/do-moisturisers-cause-skin-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-59081 Perry Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:31:55 +0000 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/?p=182#comment-59081 Interesting study and explanation. The other thing I would add is that one study (wonder if this has been repeated) is never enough to completely change a paradigm. It is just another bit of data to be piled on the mounds of data collected before it. For scientific conclusions we need to compare the weight of the data, not just a single study. Are there any studies that further support this conclusion? I haven't seen any. While reading I did think of a study that could be run to answer more questions. First, there should have been a control of non-UV-exposed mice who also got skin lotion. Second, to test your moisture theory, an application of petrolatum could have been used. Then an application of some other moisturizing material could be tested to see if both of them had the same effect. Interesting stuff. I wonder what has been done since. Interesting study and explanation. The other thing I would add is that one study (wonder if this has been repeated) is never enough to completely change a paradigm. It is just another bit of data to be piled on the mounds of data collected before it. For scientific conclusions we need to compare the weight of the data, not just a single study. Are there any studies that further support this conclusion? I haven’t seen any.

While reading I did think of a study that could be run to answer more questions. First, there should have been a control of non-UV-exposed mice who also got skin lotion. Second, to test your moisture theory, an application of petrolatum could have been used. Then an application of some other moisturizing material could be tested to see if both of them had the same effect.

Interesting stuff. I wonder what has been done since.

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