We live in a world of chemical-many of them are healthy and many are not. The problem is we think that if we buy it at the store, especially the health food store, it is safe. True? Not true! Even the most natural of products may not be appropriate for people with chronic illness-especially IC. The reason for this is many natural products use things like soy, coconut, and vitamin e to name a few and the most obvious, and those often will cause a lot of pain, especially if they are disproportionate to the rest of the ingredients. This is why many years ago I developed my skincare line-out of desperation to find something for my patients to use. Often people will not realize how much their hair care and skin care products are negatively influencing their health and pain levels. Someone with IC must be VERY careful in their product use-this can make the difference between very low pain and very high pain-no kidding!

Healthy people and chronically ill people both won’t realize the effect of all of the toxins they are putting in their body until they have cancer or some other horrible disease. It is important to learn how to read labels and be cautious in what you buy.

This article by Dr. Mercola is very informative and a good read: http://bathcare.mercola.com/