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While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present slight or no danger, several dozen are linked to severe medical issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics enter the body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer can be found in food, water, and many other everyday products. Still, no area of consumer products is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including SK-II Facial Treatment Essence - Eye. Though most of the chemicals in cosmetics likely pose little risk, exposure to some is associated with serious health concerns, such as cancer.