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Formaldehyde is a common ingredient in commercial nail polish. Why is it used and by removing it from Dr.s REMEDY® does the quality suffer?

April 26, 2017Commercial common formaldehyde ingredient nail polish quality removing Used

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Formaldehyde is a common ingredient in commercial nail polish. Why is it used and by removing it from Dr.s REMEDY® does the quality suffer?

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Formaldehyde, despite having been proven to cause cancer, was added to nail polish to aid in durability and longevity. Because the 50 billion dollar beauty industry is so powerful it’s kept itself unregulated for decades. In the United States, it’s perfectly legal for beauty products to contain chemicals linked to cancer, learning disabilities, infertility and other chronic diseases that are on the rise (SafeCosmetics.org). When formulating Dr.’s REMEDY®, the doctor’s found that by stripping Dr.’s REMEDY® Enriched Nail Polish of formaldehyde it did not sacrifice any effectiveness, quality or beauty!