Lip Gloss: Can it Give You Skin Cancer? By Leslie Baumann, M.D. - Posted Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 7:43 pm PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 12, 2008, 6:55 am PDT

Interesting article. Thanks Dr. Baumann. I have a question: if I'm putting sunscreen on my lips - does that mean that sunscreen is safe to eat?? Aren't there some concerns about nanoparticles and oxybenzone and their safety?

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jun 16, 2008, 4:30 pm PDT

yeah it helped and now im goin to be more aware of my lips

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jun 16, 2008, 4:39 pm PDT

Now days EVERTHING seems to cause cancer......

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Jun 16, 2008, 8:03 pm PDT

thank you

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 12:23 am PDT

it was avery useful article as ladies most often use lip gloss and other cosmetics this article awares them

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 1:38 am PDT

Hi- Interesting point. I have to wonder though.. how safe it is to willingly ingest sunscreen and the compounds/chemicals that make these sun protection formulas? There have been recent reposts of how harmful these sunscreens can be when just used on "skin" let alone a place where ingestion is sure! - Lisa

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 1:39 am PDT

Hi- Interesting point. I have to wonder though.. how safe it is to willingly ingest sunscreen and the compounds/chemicals that make these sun protection formulas? There have been recent reposts of how harmful these sunscreens can be when just used on "skin" let alone a place where ingestion is sure! - Lisa

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 1:39 am PDT

Hi- Interesting point. I have to wonder though.. how safe it is to willingly ingest sunscreen and the compounds/chemicals that make these sun protection formulas? There have been recent reposts of how harmful these sunscreens can be when just used on "skin" let alone a place where ingestion is sure! - Lisa

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 2:09 am PDT

One suggestion is to just use natural butter that you get when your churn milk or butter milk (buttermilk is nothing but diluted yogurt). Women have been doing this for ages in India and it works. Don't forget, India is hotter and perhaps much less protected from UV (given the pollution levels) than US or Europe. The SPF products might be good- I do not know- but if you can just produce the butter yourself, and you need only a pinch a day, why go for these expensive processed stuff?

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Aug 09, 2008, 6:03 pm PDT

It's true because I know when I put some lip gloss on I start to feel my lips dry after awhile.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 12, 2008, 7:21 am PDT

omg everything causes cancer now

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, 12:25 pm PDT

Wow, lip gloss causes skin cancer, cell phones causes brain tumors, granite countertops cause cancer, there's hardly anthing that doesn't cause cancer!

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 12:22 pm PDT

can lip gloss really give you cancer????

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 2:21 am PDT

it is quite educating.i never knew such thing exists. i will be more careful now because i use lip gloss alot.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 11:52 pm PDT

So.... do you have recommendations on SPF lip? I've only seen Neutrogena's SPF 15 but that doesn't look like it's enough.

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