{"id":3210,"date":"2015-05-28T16:21:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T15:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cosmacon.de\/?page_id=3210"},"modified":"2022-10-21T08:45:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T07:45:15","slug":"octocrylene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/relaunch.cosmacon.de\/en\/octocrylene\/","title":{"rendered":"Octocrylene"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/relaunch.cosmacon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Octocrylene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2854\" src=\"https:\/\/relaunch.cosmacon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Octocrylene-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Octocrylene\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Octocrylene is a cheap UV-B filter that is often used and therefore found in many no-name products. It is now common knowledge that sunbathing without UV protection can be painful and dangerous, so you should protect yourself with good quality sunscreen products. We all know that in the summer and when regularly outdoors we should protect our skin. Unfortunately some sun protection products contain elements that can also be damaging. Basically there are 3 approaches to formulating effective products to protect against the damaging and ageing effects of the sun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A physical approach<\/li>\n<li>A chemical approach<\/li>\n<li>A combination of both<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In sun creams and skin care products with UV protection, octocrylene is one of the most popular active chemical ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is octocrylene ?<\/h3>\n<p>Octocrylene is an oily clear yellow chemical compound that is added to a sun protection formulation along with other chemical UV filters. Octocrylene is mainly used as protection against the UVB rays that cause sunburn. Octocrylene also enhances the photo sensitivity of UVA filters which increases protection against the skin-ageing effects of the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Products with chemical UV protection are easily spread on the skin and are quickly absorbed. Octocrylene absorbs photons in the main from UVB rays and changes them into heat and to rays with a longer wavelength. During this reaction, chemical bi-products can be produced whose effects on the human body are not fully understood, and whose \u201eharmlessness\u201e are currently the subject of heated discussion amongst experts.<\/p>\n<p>Octocrylene is not suitable for the production of natural cosmetics. In Japan Octocrylene is not even <em>permitted<\/em> in cosmetics. Japanese researchers have proven in cell-based research that octocrylene has an influence on hormones. The possibility of octocrylene causing allergies is also under discussion. Traces of chemical UV filters, including octocrylene, have been found in breast milk and in fish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>UV protection always has a flip side<\/h3>\n<p>Marine biologists in the Ancona University already raised the alarm in 2008 when they demonstrated the link between dying corals and chemical sun protection.\u00a0\u00a0 Because of the discredit suffered by octocrylene &amp; Co, the cosmetic industry is feverishly working on improving UV filter systems. One possible solution is mineral UV protection, but this suffers from the disadvantage of being hard to spread on the skin and also so far offers a low protection level.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime physical UV protection products with protection levels up to spf 50 are available on the market. Reducing the particles to Nano size means that the product spreads easily on the skin. Such products have to declare their \u201enano particle\u201c content, which some producers find unpopular with customers. Consequently this physical filter is often avoided.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cosmacon\u00a0has good news! \u2013 Healthy sun protection is possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Current view is that the following UV Filters are safe and should be used in modern sun protection products:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethylhexyl Triazone<\/li>\n<li>Phenylbenzimidazol Sulfonic Acid<\/li>\n<li>Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate<\/li>\n<li>Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine<\/li>\n<li>Tris-Biphenyl Triazine (nano) (and) Aqua (and) Decyl Glucoside (and) Butylene Glycol (and) Disodium Phosphate (and) Xanthan Gum<\/li>\n<li>Polysilicone-15<\/li>\n<li>Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane<\/li>\n<li>Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone<\/li>\n<li>Ethylhexyl Salicylate<\/li>\n<li>Homosalate<\/li>\n<li>Titandioxide \u2013 rutile-form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have reacted to the need for octocrylene free sun protection and developed formulations made using UV filters from this list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/relaunch.cosmacon.de\/en\/contact\/enquiry\/\">If you would like to add an octocrylene free product\u00a0 to your range \u2013 please call us for a first discussion.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"docsum-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35508210\/\" data-ga-category=\"result_click\" data-ga-action=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"35508210\" data-full-article-url=\"from_term=%28octocrylene%29+AND+%28cosmetics%29&amp;from_filter=simsearch2.ffrft&amp;from_filter=datesearch.y_1&amp;from_pos=1\" data-article-id=\"35508210\">Environmental Impact of UV Filters.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"docsum-citation full-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-authors full-authors\">Couselo-Rodr\u00edguez C, Gonz\u00e1lez-Esteban PC, Di\u00e9guez Montes MP, Fl\u00f3rez \u00c1.<\/span><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\">Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2022 Sep;113(8):792-803<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"docsum-citation full-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\"><a class=\"docsum-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36014525\/\" data-ga-category=\"result_click\" data-ga-action=\"2\" data-ga-label=\"36014525\" data-full-article-url=\"from_term=%28octocrylene%29+AND+%28cosmetics%29&amp;from_filter=simsearch2.ffrft&amp;from_filter=datesearch.y_1&amp;from_pos=2\" data-article-id=\"36014525\"><b>Octocrylene<\/b>: From Sunscreens to the Degradation Pathway during Chlorination Processes: Formation of Byproducts and Their Ecotoxicity Assessment.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"docsum-citation full-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-authors full-authors\">Medici A, Saviano L, Siciliano A, Libralato G, Guida M, Previtera L, Di Fabio G, Zarrelli A.<\/span><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\">Molecules. 2022 Aug 19;27(16):528<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"docsum-citation full-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\"><a class=\"docsum-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36077552\/\" data-ga-category=\"result_click\" data-ga-action=\"3\" data-ga-label=\"36077552\" data-full-article-url=\"from_term=%28octocrylene%29+AND+%28cosmetics%29&amp;from_filter=simsearch2.ffrft&amp;from_filter=datesearch.y_1&amp;from_pos=3\" data-article-id=\"36077552\">Sunscreen Ingredient <b>Octocrylene<\/b>&#8216;s Potency to Disrupt Vitamin D Synthesis.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"docsum-citation full-citation\"><span class=\"docsum-authors full-authors\">Abdi SAH, Ali A, Sayed SF, Nagarajan S, Abutahir, Alam P, Ali A.<\/span><span class=\"docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation\">Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 5;23(17):10154<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Octocrylene is a cheap UV-B filter that is often used and therefore found in many no-name products. 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