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🛑Scanned With The Pura App🛑 The lotion you smooth over your whole body isn't really moisturizer — it's petroleum and preservatives, built to absorb. Vaseline Intensive Care, one of the most-used lotions in America, is built on a base of mineral oil and petrolatum — both refined from crude oil — then preserved with parabens and scented with "fragrance." A study of personal-care product use found that people who used paraben lotions carried up to 80% higher levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals in their bodies. Here's why it matters: lotion is designed to sink into your skin, not sit on top of it — and your skin is the largest organ you have. So when you spread it over your arms, legs, and torso, you absorb what's inside — including parabens, a preservative that mimics estrogen, and phthalates that can hide under the single word "fragrance." The problem is you're applying it to more surface area than almost anything else you use, every single day, and it all soaks in. The fix is simple: choose a fragrance-free, paraben-free lotion — brands like Vanicream leave both out. Scanned With The Pura App