Video: Facial Skin Care Lines Without Soy or Gluten

Facial Skin Care Lines Without Soy or Gluten

Not all facial skin products need to include things like soy or gluten. Learn about facial skin care lines without soy or gluten with help from a board-certified dermatologist with a private practice in this free video clip.

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Hi, this is Dr. Debra Jaliman, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City and author of the book "Skin Rules: Trade Secrets from a Top New York Dermatologist," here to talk about skin care products without soy or gluten. If you are concerned that your skincare products may have soy or gluten, the first thing you can do is look at the ingredient list which you will find on the box. If by chance you've thrown out your box, you can see the ingredient list right here, you can usually look at it on the product. If you can't find it, you can always call the manufacturer. One thing we do in our practice, many of our patients are concerned about soy and gluten in the ingredients. We call manufacturers many times a day to find out whether it is in these ingredients. So you can call the manufacturer and they are very happy to tell you whether the product contains soy or gluten. Many products do not contain these ingredients so be happy to know but if in fact your products do, you can switch them out for other products. If you are at home and you don't want to call the manufacturer, one thing you can do is you can do a patch test. One simple way to do a patch test is to take your product, take a small amount of the product on your fingertip, take your arm right where it bends, two fingers below the bend, put a little bit of your product. Leave it there for 48 hours, don't wash this part of your arm and 48 hours later it will turn red. That means that you are allergic to the product and that's a simple way to do a skin patch test and that will tell you that you are allergic to the product. I can't tell you how many people think they are allergic to products and when we do this simple patch test in fact, they are not. So that's a simple way to determine if you are allergic to your product. It takes 48 hours. If you are still unsure, you can wait an extra day and do a 72 hour patch test. Thanks for watching.

Facial Skin Care Lines Without Soy or Gluten

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