I'm all for anti-aging, but I'm not sure I'm willing to bathe my skin in a household chemical some scientist believe might be very beneficial for your skin. Supposedly it can do it all from slowing signs of aging, to even reducing inflammation. But again, once you find out what it is, you might not be entirely convinced!
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A study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation found that bleach had potential for treating inflammation, aging, bed sores, diabetic ulcers and eczema. Supposedly bathing in this stuff helps ward off wrinkles. But even so, experts are still warning patients NOT to actually apply the bleach directly to their skin.
"I cannot emphasize enough that it is very important that individuals with inflammatory conditions do not apply bleach directly to their skin," Dr. Graham Johnston at the British Association of Dermatologists told BBC News. Please DO NOT try it until we know more!
The bleaching benefits only work if you add 0.005 percent to your baths. It helps kill off bacteria on the skin. But researchers at Stanford University Medical Center in California even found that the bleach can also interfere with the immune system.
Experiments done on mice showed that the bleach appeared to have made their skin younger. After just two weeks of bleach baths, their skin was found thicker and there were even signs that more skin cells had been produced. "I can't say it's going to work, but this is a clinical treatment that we didn't quite understand, we've applied it in mice and other diseases and we hope to translate it back into humans shortly," dermatologist Dr. Thomas Leung said.
I don't know about you, but until further studies are conducted I have absolutely NO plans of taking diluted bleach baths. As far as I'm concerned, household bleach is a pretty strong and potentially dangerous substance and the little skin contact I've had with it hasn't turned out so great. I also can't imagine bathing in this stuff being good for your vagina.
Not to mention, with all the other natural ingredients out there that are actually good for your skin, like coconut oil, shea butter, vitamin E (just to name a few), why in the world would I bother trying bleach? Doesn't make much sense, right?
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