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Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:11 pm |
from nytimes oct 17th:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/science/17puberty.html?ref=science
In Boston at the annual Endocrine Society meeting in June, Clifford Bloch of the University of Colorado School of Medicine presented several cases of young men who had developed marked breast enlargement from using shampoos containing lavender and tea tree oils, which are widely used essential oil additives that present no problem for adults. (Unlike Dr. Dedekian’s cases, these cases were not a result of passive transfer from parents. The boys themselves used the shampoos.)
Dr. Bloch collaborated with scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina to test the oils on human breast cells grown in test tubes. Lavender and tea tree oil had the same effect on the cells as estrogen.
Dr. Bloch speculates that the findings, which he is submitting for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, may explain the boys’ breast growth. He noted, however, that cells in a test tube are a far cry from humans, so the relationship of the essential oil to breast growth remains hypothetical. |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:24 pm |
Let me see if I read this correctly.....does this mean I should be lathering my non- existent breasts with lavender and tea tree oil? |
_________________ 26, combination skin with oily t-zone |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:29 pm |
Man I should be DD cup by now.. I have used tea tree and lavender on every part of my body. And given that EOs are very easily absorbed into the skin, where are my DDs??!! |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:29 pm |
i m not very sure myself, does it mean that if i keep using tea tree n lavender oil products on myself, my cup size might increase? haha, not a bad thing.. |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:41 pm |
Well I am not sure how accurate the studies are. I mean, you would think that using EOs on their own would have an even more noticeable effect than the minute quantities that are used in commercial shampoos. Plus, there are many more estrogenic ingredients in shampoos than EOs, perhaps mixing them could have triggered something? And the article did mention that it happened in waves like influenza, perhaps the whole town could have been eating tainted meat filled with antibiotics and growth hormones (not uncommon).. |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:33 pm |
Sounds like a good side effect... haha... |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:56 pm |
So that's what happened! |
_________________ 25, very fair, dry/sensitive, mild rosacea, otherwise good skin! |
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:59 pm |
ariesxtreme wrote: |
Let me see if I read this correctly.....does this mean I should be lathering my non- existent breasts with lavender and tea tree oil? |
I almost died when I read that. |
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Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:16 pm |
Sounds like I'm going to need to start using tea tree oil and lavendar on more than just my face |
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Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:29 pm |
You know, that would really be excellent if it were true. Alas, I've used shampoo with lavendar for years and no boobs to show for it. |
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Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:30 pm |
Awww another let down, I knew it was too good to be true lol |
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