I Am Allergic to Quaternium 15. What Skin Care Products Do You Suggest?

Asked 37 months ago by sbwaebw in sacramento, CA
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Avoid this and Formaldehyde-Releasing Product

Quaternium 15 is a preservative. It is placed in a number of skin care products, shampoos, washes etc. It helps especially to prevent infection from the Pseudomonas bacteria. It is the most common preservative-based trigger of an allergic cotact dermatitis. So you are not alone. Quaternium 15 releases formaldehyde. So many people who are allergic to formaldehyde will break out to this ingredient too. You will have to become a label reader. The FDA requires that ingredients must be... more
Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
Virginia Beach Dermatologist
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