Buza Uchwepheshe: Yini AmaParabens Ezimonyoni Futhi Ingabe Aphephile?

Kumemorandamu esanda kukhishwa, i-Kiehl's - enye yemikhiqizo yethu esiyintandokazi kuphothifoliyo yakwa-L'Oréal - imemezele ukuthi akuyona nje intandokazi yabo kuphela. Ukhilimu wobuso be-Ultra thola ifomula engena-paraben, kodwa wonke amafomula e-Kiehl ekukhiqizeni azobe engasenayo i-paraben ekupheleni kuka-2019. Futhi akuwona kuphela umkhiqizo owenza lolu shintsho. Njengoba izinhlobo eziningi zobuhle ziqala ukukhipha ama-parabens kumafomula awo, kufanelekile ukuthi sibhekisise ama-parabens ukuze sizame ukuqonda ukuthi kungani ehlanjalazwa kangaka. Ingabe ama-parabens ayingozi ngempela? I-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ayinalo ulwazi olwanele lokubonisa ukuthi ama-parabens asetshenziswa ezimonyoni awaphephile, ngakho-ke yini enikezayo? Ukuze sifinyelele umnyombo wenkulumompikiswano ye-paraben, sifinyelele kudokotela wesikhumba ogunyaziwe kanye nomeluleki we-Skincare.com uDkt. Elizabeth Houshmand (@houshmandmd).  

Yini ama-parabens?

Ama-Parabens awamusha neze endaweni yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba. NgokukaDkt. Houshmand, ziwuhlobo lwesivikeli futhi bezilokhu zikhona kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1950. "Ama-Parabens asetshenziselwa ukunweba impilo yeshalofu yezimonyo ngokuvimbela ukukhula kwesikhunta namagciwane ngaphakathi kuzo," usho kanje. 

Khumbula ukuthi amalebula okudla amaningi awathathi isikhala esilinganiselwe ukuze abonise izinto ezilondolozayo ngaphambili naphakathi. Cishe udinga ukubheka uhlu lwesithako ukuze ubone ukuthi ama-parabens akhona yini. “Ama-paraben avame kakhulu ekunakekelweni kwesikhumba i-butylparaben, i-methylparaben, ne-propylparaben,” kusho uDkt. Huschmand.

Ingabe ama-parabens aphephile?

Uma i-Kiehl's kanye nezinye izinhlobo zobuhle ziqeda ama-parabens, lokho kufanele kusho ukuthi kukhona into embi kakhulu ngokusebenzisa imikhiqizo enezithako zayo, akunjalo? Hhayi-ke, akunjalo. Kunezizathu eziningi lapho umkhiqizo ungathanda ukususa ama-paraben emugqeni womkhiqizo wabo, esinye sazo esingaba impendulo eqondile esidingweni sabathengi noma isifiso. Uma abantu abaningi befuna ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo engalondolozi (kuhlanganise nama-parabens), amabhrendi ngokungangabazeki azophendula ngendlela efanayo.  

Nakuba i-FDA iqhubeka nokuhlola idatha ehlobene nokuphepha kwama-parabens, ayikatholi noma yiziphi izingozi zezempilo ezihlobene nama-parabens ezimonyoni. Okuningi kokunganeliseki komphakathi kanye ne-paranoia mayelana nama-parabens kungabangelwa Ucwaningo luthole iminonjana yama-parabens ezicutshini zebele. “Ucwaningo aluzange lufakazele ukuthi ama-parabens angabangela umdlavuza, kodwa lubonise ukuthi ama-parabens ayakwazi ukungena esikhumbeni futhi ahlale ezicutshini,” kusho uDkt. Huschmand. "Yingakho zithathwa njengeziyingozi."

Ingabe kufanele ngisebenzise imikhiqizo equkethe ama-parabens?

Lokhu ukukhetha komuntu siqu. Ucwaningo ngokuphepha kwama-parabens luyaqhubeka, kodwa azikho izingcuphe ezitholwe yi-FDA ngalesi sikhathi. "Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi iphesenti le-preservative ekubunjweni ngokuvamile lincane kakhulu," uDkt. Huschmand. "Futhi, maningi ama-preservatives atholakalayo, ngakho-ke kusetshenziswa ama-parabens amancane." 

Uma ubheka ukulahla ama-parabens ekunakekelweni kwesikhumba sakho, uhlu lwethu lukhona imikhiqizo yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba engena-paraben indawo enhle yokuqala! UDkt. Hushmand uyaxwayisa, nokho, ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi ilebula ithi "i-paraben-free" akusho ukuthi ayinazo izinto ezicasulayo noma ezinye izivimbelakuvunda. "I-Paraben-free ingasho ukuthi ezinye izinto zokulondoloza zisetshenziswa eziqukethe izithako zokwenziwa ezingalimaza noma zicasule isikhumba," usho kanje. “Ngokujwayelekile, ngeluleka wonke umuntu ukuthi afunde amalebula, kodwa futhi aqaphele ukusabela kwesikhumba. Akuwona wonke umuntu ozoba nokusabela okufanayo ekudleni." Uma unemibuzo mayelana nokusebenzisa imikhiqizo noma ama-parabens, bheka udokotela wesikhumba. "Sihlinzeka ngokuhlolwa kwe-patch okukhethekile ukuze sinqume ukuthi yini ozwela kakhulu kuyo," kusho uDkt. Houshmand.