Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Last year my sister had a terrible cold and grabbed some old Vicks vapo-rub from the medicine cabinet and rubbed some under her nose and just inside her nostrils. WHHOO!!! She could breathe again! But the next day she noticed she couldn't smell anything! She completely lost her sense of smell and taste. This has been a terrible experience; she's had extensive tests to make sure she doesn't actually have a brain tumor or some other cause and the Vicks was just a coincidence. Nothing could be found and the MDs felt she damaged her nasal passages enough, that she may never be able to smell correctly again. It has slowly recovered a bit, but things still smell " off " to her. Anyway, I share this story because I read about a lot of people making " cosmetics " using the same ingredients as Vicks, which we all know is not a really cosmetic...but an OTC drug. I saw this post today...from a formula someone was going to try and sell for the holiday season; menthol 3.9% camphor 1.56% tea tree .78% Doesn't this seem strong and potentially hazardous? Or do I worry too much? Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 menthol 3.9% camphor 1.56% tea tree .78% Doesn't this seem strong and potentially hazardous? Or do I worry too much? Sue [Dave:] Something’s wrong with your formulation. 3.9% + 1.56% + .78% = 6.24%, which makes no sense. Unless the combined amounts equals just over six percent of the total, in which case perhaps it’s a perfectly safe application. I don’t see anything wrong with the dilution. -- Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/555 - Release 11/27/2006 6:09 PM -- Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/555 - Release 11/27/2006 6:09 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Seems to me the menthol is awfully high percentage-wise. I've been told to keep menthol under .5 (one-half of one) percent, which is plenty strong, IMHO. HTH, Serra On 11/28/06, CT HERB <Email wrote: > > > Last year my sister had a terrible cold and grabbed some old Vicks > vapo-rub from the medicine cabinet and rubbed some under her nose and > just inside her nostrils. WHHOO!!! She could breathe again! > > But the next day she noticed she couldn't smell anything! She > completely lost her sense of smell and taste. This has been a > terrible experience; she's had extensive tests to make sure she > doesn't actually have a brain tumor or some other cause and the Vicks > was just a coincidence. Nothing could be found and the MDs felt she > damaged her nasal passages enough, that she may never be able to > smell correctly again. It has slowly recovered a bit, but things > still smell " off " to her. > > Anyway, I share this story because I read about a lot of people > making " cosmetics " using the same ingredients as Vicks, which we all > know is not a really cosmetic...but an OTC drug. > > I saw this post today...from a formula someone was going to try and > sell for the holiday season; > > menthol 3.9% > camphor 1.56% > tea tree .78% > > Doesn't this seem strong and potentially hazardous? Or do I worry > too much? Sue > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 > [Dave:] Something's wrong with your formulation. 3.9% + 1.56% + .78% = 6.24%, which makes no sense. Unless the combined amounts equals just over six percent of the total, in which case perhaps it's a perfectly safe application. I don't see anything wrong with the dilution.< Yes...the balance of the ingredients were the rest of the lip balm oils, waxes and stuff. It was just these parts that seem like high percentages in total and, medicinal...not " cosmetic " . Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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