Comments on: Celiac Disease and Beauty Products

By: Hair Loss and Celiac Disease

Hair Loss and Celiac Disease — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:09:15 +0000

[...] and Celiac Disease December 14th, 2010 | Author: Mary Blackburn Linnea Wiedeman says: December 13, 2010 at 12:25 am [...]

By: Mary Blackburn

Mary Blackburn — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:09:13 +0000

Linnea,

I replied to your question in a blog post. Hope it helped.l

Mary

By: Linnea Wiedeman

Linnea Wiedeman — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:25:45 +0000

I have been allergic to gluten since I was 9 almost 20 years and I have a gluten free diet I am strict about. Recently my hair has been falling out really bad, do you think that the chapstick and lotion I have been using which do have trace amounts of gluten in them could be causing this.

By: Fernando Debar

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By: Genny

Genny — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:54:26 +0000

Thank you for the info about gluten in beauty products. I have just discovered I am gluten intolerant. Through the years, I have had problems with some face creams making my eyes water and tear all day. Some mascaras also do this. I suspect Dr. Picco doesn’t use either! I never suspected ingredients like gluten grains would be in mascara, but I will really research this now.

My daughters and I make our own beauty products including all natural face creams (Sensitive & Pregnancy Safe, Normal & Estrogenic for over 50 skin), and chapsticks made with organic coconut oil, beeswax and essential oils, that’s all, and they really last! (AromaForHealth.com).

Chapsticks are easy to make at home. I use equal amounts of natural cosmetic grade beeswax beads and coconut oil. Melt them together in a glass measuring cup inside a pan with 2-3 inches of water on a low heat. A few drops of Rosemary and Lavender essential oils are always healing and gentle. Make sure they are pure essential oils! Pour the heated mixture into chapstick tubes or small glass jars recycled from jam samples, etc. Glass packaging is always best with essential oils, they penetrate plastic and you get toxins in your products. That’s why I really dilute the essential oils when I use plastic chapstick tubes. Have fun with the recipe, and use them summer and winter. My 7 year old granddaughter loves helping make them. They make great green gifts to share with family and friends.

I just bought some coconut flour at our local farmers market, and our zuchinni are ready to pick. I am looking forward to making a zuchinni bread this weekend with my first gluten free flour mix! I found your recipe on HillbillyHousewifes.com. Thanks for your website.

By: Edward Dughi

Edward Dughi — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:03:53 +0000

Known as an autoimmune disorder, the celiac disease can occur mostly in people with a genetic predisposition to it. The test for celiac disease it takes not much time and if you want to either you have or not you have to take it. You should get tested for celiac disease right now if you’re worried you might have it.

By: Malisa Geuder

Malisa Geuder — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:14:35 +0000

Wheat allergies are a lot more common than a lot people think.

By: Deborah Feingle

Deborah Feingle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:55:34 +0000

I like your writing style and appreciate your opinion on anything beauty-related, but I really love the honest and intimate, maybe even vulnerable tone You can hit in these posts. I think you touch on subjects we all can relate to and you make them entertaining too!

By: Scot Poiter

Scot Poiter — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:54:06 +0000

Hey could I use some of the information found in this blog if I reference you with a link back to your site?

By: Mary Blackburn

Mary Blackburn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:26:11 +0000

Sandy and Jen,

With Celiac Disease and gluten intolerance, in my opinion, there are no hard and fast rules. We are all just kind of muddling through this. I found that there were certain eyeliners I couldn’t use because they made my eyes itch.

I just started using an eye cream by Garnier that after just a few applications, my eyes have started itching.

Celiac Disease “technically” affects the small intestines and the villi found there. That doesn’t mean that we can’t have an intolerance to products with gluten in them that we use other places on our bodies.

Karon,

Eczema can certainly be connected to celiac disease and gluten intolerance.

I will be posting about that here soon.

I don’t think the “experts” know either.