But it's in a lot of nail polish/strengtheners so make sure to check your labels. I mean, who wants this anywhere near them, right? It is a known carcinogen according to the CDC. Lora Shahine talks about parabens and fertility/pregnancy a LOT. This 2019 study found a link between early exposure of parabens during pregnancy to correlate with gestational diabetes. While few companies still use parabens at this point in the game there are some products that have kept them in their formulas. Bonus with Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide - they sit on top of the skin and aren't absorbed which is ideal when you're not wanting things in your bloodstream. So if your SPF has a different active ingredient ( Oxybenzone is especially concerning) you will want to find a new one. No other SPF active ingredients (check your label) are currently GRASE. Here at Erin's Faces we're fans of mineral sunscreens anyhow (and have one for face and one for body) which are in alignment with the official word from the FDA which is, at this time, the active ingredients of Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide are considered GRASE which means "Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective". Honestly, both systems are a bit confusing but the category system has stuck around in spite of the PLLR so it comes up in research.Ĭategory C comes up the most with these "should I or shouldn't I?" drugs/ingredients and - surprise! - it's the most confusing but the bottom line seems to be that if something is a category C, it hasn't been studied in animals or humans but it could absolutely potentially hurt your baby. In 2015 they replaced this with a Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Final Rule (PLLR) because they thought the categories were too confusing. That comes from the FDA's Pregnancy Categories for drugs. One thing to note - "categories" of ingredients are going to come up. The first trimester is also when the most caution should be taken so keep that in mind as well. There are so many things to think about when you're pregnant and skincare should not be a stressor because you have enough going on! I'm not going to do a massive deep dive on all the things that can potentially happen if you use any of these ingredients - you can go down a Google rabbit hole if you'd like to - I'm just going to give you an easy list that you can use when evaluating what you're going to put on your body.
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