@purascans: 🚨 Checked Against USA & EU Safety 🚨 The cleanser dermatologists recommend as the gentlest option for sensitive skin is built on a harsh detergent and three hormone-mimicking preservatives. It's all on Cetaphil's own label: sodium lauryl sulfate — a stripping detergent also used in garage-floor and industrial degreasers — sitting alongside three different parabens (methyl-, propyl-, and butylparaben). Here's why they're in there: a cleanser needs something to cut oil, and instead of a mild surfactant they reach for sodium lauryl sulfate because it's cheap and strips fast — the same reason it shows up in heavy-duty degreasers. Then, to keep the bottle shelf-stable for years, they stack in three parabens, and propylene glycol runs underneath it all to carry everything down into the skin. The problem is what that combination does to the exact skin it's sold to protect: the detergent strips the barrier and dries you out, the parabens mimic estrogen and absorb through skin — and this is the cleanser marketed as gentle enough for a baby's face. The fix is simple: a truly gentle, sulfate-free and paraben-free cleanser does the same job without the degreaser or the hormone-mimics. Scanned with the Pura App

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