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Lauryl PEG-8 Dimethicone
Lauryl PEG-8 Dimethicone
A silicone that helps a product cleanse.
What it does
It’s a silicone with a fatty part and a PEG part built in, so it mixes with oil, water and silicone.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2015) assessed 111 silicones joined to PEG or PPG chains, used to condition hair, thicken, steady mixtures and form films. They expect none of these large molecules to pass into skin. Undiluted lauryl PEG/PPG-18/18 methicone caused no allergy in a repeated patch test on people. They judged all 111 safe as used. Their conclusion list names lauryl PEG-8 dimethicone, lauryl PEG-10 tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylethyl dimethicone and lauryl PEG/PPG-18/18 methicone.Becker 2015 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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