Placenta in Your Beauty Products!

You read that right!

  This interesting tidbit of information I just learned after training with the country's Master Postpartum Placenta Support person.  Deb Pocica from Placenta Prep (ProDoula) shared an amazing amount of knowledge with myself and quite a few other Birth and Postpartum Professionals from the Chicagoland area.  In other blogs I will go into the awesomeness of placentas but for right now, let's have a little fun!

Did you know that according to a few manufacturers, hormones extracted from the placenta help promote tissue growth.  You will find the names of placenta in "secret beauty talk" such as Hyaluronic Acid, Protein Hydrolysate, and Polypeptides.  When tissue growth is promoted, wrinkles are removed.  Must be where the expression comes from, Smooth as a baby's...Nevermind. :-)

I'm sure a few of you are saying eww.  But you should look at this differently.  It's just another reason why the placenta is so cool!  I don't know about you, but  I would rather have something with our biological structure on my face than a million other chemicals.

Just to name a few of these products that have these "secret beauty talk" ingredients are:

Dermalogica
Avon
Pevonia
Almay
Paula's Choice

So ladies, embrace the placenta.  It connected you and your baby, it nourished your baby, and it's making you appear 5-10 years younger according to the beauty industry.

Wishing you Peace and Harmony,

Cathy Smith
A Joyful Journey