sunshop300

Local reporter has decided that DHA "could" be harmfull for your health if inhaled. None of the salons we contacted used mask when applying the spray.
http://www.wpsdtv.com/emm-bin/homepage.cgi

Silas Stingy

i knew this and besides its a waste of money to have all that overspray lost.

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Tanzenite

That was the worst written report I have ever read!

I KNOW IT ALL

The ITA is really helping this Industry.

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totaleclipse1

i dont see it ....

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billable

The reporter needs to get her facts straight.

Dihydroxyacetone has been used as an oral supplement for years in combination with pyruvate. It has been tested on animals on skin and mucous membranes and was well tolerated.

The problem lies in the FDA classification of a cosmetic. Since the product is being marketed as a cosmetic, it has to be used within the guidelines of an externally applied cosmetic.

This is from the FDA website:

DHA is listed in the regulations as a color additive for use in imparting color to the human body. However, its use in cosmetics - including sunless "tanning" products - is restricted to external application (21 CFR 73.2150). According to the CFR, "externally applied" cosmetics are those "applied only to external parts of the body and not to the lips or any body surface covered by mucous membrane" (21 CFR 70.3v).

In addition, no color additive may be used in cosmetics intended for use in the area of the eye unless the color additive is permitted specifically for such use (21 CFR 70.5a). The CFR defines "area of the eye" as follows:

"the area enclosed within the circumference of the supra-orbital ridge, including the eyebrow, the skin below the eyebrow, the eyelids and the eyelashes, and conjunctival sac of the eye, the eyeball, and the soft areolar tissue that lies within the perimeter of the infra-orbital ridge." (21 CFR 70.3s)

This does not mean that DHA is harmful if taken internally. It simply means that, as an external cosmetic, it is not approved to be applied within the area around the eye or in the nose or mouth or on the lips.
You cannot market the DHA as safe to breathe or to take orally since you are actually applying a cosmetic, even though it has been used in oral supplements for years.

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Tanzenite

billable, you should email that post you wrote to that reporter.

Silas Stingy

what oral supplement?

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Tanzenite

Don't they give it babies?

Silas Stingy

don't think we are talking about the same dha. there is a dha thats good for brain function or something. not the same thing.

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