Is comfrey a safe ingredient in skin care products?
Comfrey is an herb that contains the healing agent, allantoin, and is used to treat skin irritations. Topical preparations made with comfrey infusions are known to speed the healing process of the skin. Burt’s Bees has used comfrey for safe and effective external skin care applications for nearly 20 years without any known incidence of internal bodily harm. Our use of comfrey is supported by centuries of trusted folklore applications.