Oksalud Oksalud Paraffin oil: Is it good or bad for health?

Si hay un producto que podemos describir como versátil y al mismo tiempo polémico, ese es sin duda el aceite de parafina, muy utilizado en el campo de la cosmética pero muy distinto de cualquier aceite vegetal o esencial que ya conozcas. ¿Qué beneficios y perjuicios tiene para la salud?

So that you finally discover everything behind this product, today we bring you an article in which we tell you all its secrets and applications, of the most common to the most unusual, and it will surely be surprised!

A too multidisciplinary product

Also known as cheeseno or liquid paraffin, this hydrocarbon with preservative and akaloric properties (so it is considered an interesting food supplement by many people) is a oil derivative that stands out for its toilet, insipid and cerosa constitution.

That is why they have come to give multiple profits both related to health and the most curious industrial processes.That is why many people ask how that can be compatible since a product derived from oil that could remind us of gasoline, is at the same time the protagonist of diets such as the dukan method, which recommends it for its moisturizing and laxative properties veryuseful for treating constipation, hemorrhoids or other similar conditions.

Even so, there are many people who support their use, among other things for the multiple uses that can be given in processes related to the improvement of our health or our physical, such as helping us eliminate dead skin cells, to repairdamaged, to calm muscle pain or stimulate blood circulation.

But the truth is that those who know their origin deny their use for the body knowing that it is a product that has also been used as a fuel of space aircraft and rockets and even as a fundamental component included in the pesticides of agriculture.

It is also said that paraffin oil also stimulates circulation.Especially what happens is that the hands are usually immersed in a sweep or bathtub containing this special oil and, in this way, the hand tissues usually heat.But ask the specialists before doing so.

In cosmetics

It should be noted that paraffin oil in cosmetics is used as a moisturizer, especially for manicures and pedicures.Thus it allows softening areas that are more.

On the other hand, it is used to remove dead skin cells, something we usually do in exfoliations.

Use it with knowledge

What is true is that when ingested in raw, paraffin oil provides 90% less calories than the rest of vegetable oils, but in cosmetics it is most valued by its powerful moisturizing action, ideal for the realization of manicuresand pedicures since it effectively softens the toughest surfaces of the skin (as it eliminates dead cells.

In addition, it has repairing properties, so it is ideal for very dry hands and very damaged nail cuticles, and especially because it relieves the pain of cracked hands caused by very low temperatures.

While it is also used as a therapeutic medicinal remedy for different injuries such as muscle pains, sprains or contractures for the relaxing properties that it has thanks to the heat that emanates in its liquid state (something that also has a great vasodilator action that promotes blood circulation).

Watch with contraindications

Of course, it is important that before applying it to heal a medical problem, you consult that decision with a professional because in addition to being a non -biodegradable product (something that in addition to being unintentable causes the tamponade of the skin pores and the accumulation oftoxic on its surface).

Well, among its contraindications we find effects of inflammation, pain and anal incontinence, moderate thinning, and even nausea and vomiting.And perhaps all this does not compensate because it is certainly that paraffin oil does not nourish the skin as other products do since it fails to penetrate the deepest layers, and it is for this reason that its effect is only superficial and byThis, temporary.

In addition, it is known that it alters the hydro-lipid balance of the skin and that in some cases it can trigger a drying effect that pushes the consumer to acquire the product again, in an endless wheel that certainly does not benefit or treatsthe skin how surely this requires it.

So think about it before applying it as a medicinal or cosmetic remedy and values other more natural options!