It is an ignorant, malicious myth that cosmetic mineral oil clogs pores. The molecules are too large and oxidatively stable to do so. Ironically, it is plant oils, which initially become thinner as they warm up that will migrate into and clog pores as they progressively oxidise, increase in viscosity and harden extra-cellularly. It is generally not understood how undesirable it is to apply any plant oil to the skin in excess of the crucial amount that can be incorporated into living skin cells within 15 minutes. As natural health consumers, we go to great lengths to acquire and refrigerate cold-pressed food oils, yet fail to consider that plant oils applied to the skin due to body heat and ambient temperatures in addition to the 21% oxygen in the air, ubiquitous daytime ultra-violet light and likely air pollutants are consequently certain to oxidise within a mere 20 minutes, let alone continue to do so all day before eventual removal, prior to which trillions of premature skin-aging & tumour-inducing free radicals and other reactive oxygen species increasingly oxidise the oils and assault the skin. Toxic aldehydes, ketones, alcohols and acids are produced that destroy the biological integrity of cellular essential fatty acids, damage cellular membranes and macromolecules and critical microstructures such as DNA, leading to premature aging, inflammatory skin disorders and skin cancers.

See our detailed report: “Mineral vs. Plant Oil As Carrier/Spreading Agents In Cosmetics: A Modern Reappraisal” in our “Consumer Awareness” archive or to access this full 1-page report directly in a separate page, click here.