Comments on: Celiac Disease and Beauty Products

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.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:49:12 +0000

Hey there, just found your website. I cannot use products with gluten in them. I had called the pharmacist several years ago to see if I could, and he said it was fine as long as I didn’t ingest them. NOT SO!! I have learned this the hard way, and can always tell when I missed something.
Thanks for your informative blog. Love, love, love thin mint cookies. Will have to try your recipe soon.
Best,
Jen

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:39:12 +0000

I have celiac and one year after I stopped eating anything with gluten I still continued to have acne.. I discovered that the deep conditioner that I used on my hair monthly for the past few years..was causing blister type acne on my face. Upon reading the ingredients I discovered it had Wheat Starch.. After I discontinued the use of all products with wheat listed in the ingredients My problems went away. I have to agree with Elisabeth Hasselbeck on this one … Maybe advise from someone who has dealt with this personally is better than doctors who never experienced it themselves HAHA

By: Karon

Karon — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:01:09 +0000

This has nothing to do with beauty products, Mary, but I was wondering what you know about eczema with relation to gluten. (Did see another way to contact you so I posted here.)

It seems I *may* have a gluten allergy. Will have to do an elimination diet to confirm.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:26:46 +0000

I never thought about this when we were talking about your gluten intolerance. I guess you would treat it like I treat my allergies, complete avoidance in everything whether I’m eating it or putting it on my skin! Heck some things I don’t even want to be in the same room as -lol-

What a strange answer to say that they don’t put it in the end product, very odd wording, sounds like someone wanting to cover their rear end!

By: Patti

Patti — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:45:54 +0000

Yes, Mary, I believe we can find things that are toxic to us in all sorts of places. Sometimes we forget that our skin is porous – we are not hermetically sealed. Beauty products don’t just sit on our skin, it’s absorbed. Thanks for the reminder and thanks for another great topic.

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