Creams, sprays and powders are supposed to make the skin more beautiful. But are all the beauty products really good for us? The expert warns.
Moisturizers, toners, anti-aging agents and scrubs are supposed to make you younger and more beautiful. And not only that, they promise a better and healthier complexion. But does the skin really need these additional beauty boosters? Natural cosmetics expert Michael Droste-Laux is skeptical. In his book of the same name and in an interview with spot on news, he pleads for "time out for the skin".
"The organ would like to demand a break for the skin if it is constantly overused and overwhelmed with chemical substances, fragrances and preservatives in cosmetic products," says Droste-Laux. He points out the paradox of skin care. "First of all, more or less aggressive surfactants in shower, bath or cleaning agents are used to remove the natural fatty film of the skin in order to then add far too much fat to it." In this way, the skin would be signaled a permanent need for fat, with the result that the skin "becomes more and more dry and reactive over time".
Best to do without it – the solution?
Basically, says the natural cosmetics expert, the skin is able to "cleanse itself to a high degree, to grease itself and to regulate its moisture content". An intact self-regulation of the skin makes the excessive use of products of the cosmetic industry superfluous.
Nevertheless, Droste-Laux does not want to give the impression of wanting to completely abolish cosmetics. For him it is much more about creating "an awareness of healthy skin care". As an advocate of natural cosmetics, he recommends "natural, earthy, mineral products, such as face masks made of healing earth, healing chalk, zeolite or even oatmeal and honey-quark masks". "Various applications with caustic soda or alkaline bath salts also cause regeneration for the skin as an organ," explains the expert.