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There are plenty of things that are perfectly safe, even beneficial, on the skin that are harmful if eaten, injected, or inhaled.
by TylerE 3y ago
There are plenty of things that are perfectly safe, even beneficial, on the skin that are harmful if eaten, injected, or inhaled.
- qbxk 3y agogenuinely, i ask, like what? i was told by a doctor once that the general rule is to never put anything on your skin you wouldn't also eat, inject or inhale. your skin is your body's largest organ, and allows many types of molecules to pass through it in either direction. if you rub it on there, you may as well be injecting it, the effect is the same, except, in most cases, the magnitude
- vel0city 3y agoHand soap, for one. Probably not a great thing to be eating. I'd probably also avoid eating most moisturizers, those probably aren't great to eat. Anti-fungal creams to fight toe fungus probably aren't for eating as well.
- TylerE 3y agoWell, GP's example of petroleum jelly. In small quantities it's a strong laxative. In larger quantities it's a chocking risk.