I've had some seriously dry skin lately probably because I'm dieting but as I was rubbing some on coconut oil cream on my elbows and hands when I thought about transdermal patches that deliver vitamins and minerals to the body through the skin and I also thought about nicotine patches. Is it possible for the lipids in coconut oil to get into the bloodstream from rubbing it into your skins and be used as calories in the body?
Thanks for any help.
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06-12-2013, 04:57 AM #1
Can you absorb calories from oils and lotions through the skin?
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06-12-2013, 05:44 AM #9
I'm immature?
I was asking questions to try to figure out why you were getting dry skin from your diet because all a cut requires is a decrease in calories which should not cause dry skin.
Instead of answering your initial question I was trying to find the source of the dry skin so that you could completely eliminate the problem, but you completely wrote me off and clearly only want to know if you get calories from rubbing stuff on your skin.
I was, in fact, trying to help.
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06-12-2013, 05:46 AM #10
You should be most concerned with the causes of your dry skin.
As for your original query - the amount, if any, would be so marginal that it shouldn't be of concern/consideration. Worry more about your potential health issues (dry skin), instead of your skin absorbing and metabolizing the calories of lotion.Follow me on an enchanting adventure (My Log):
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06-12-2013, 05:49 AM #11
He is not a troll but yeah, there is a trend of asking leading questions to do something that straddles the line of informing and trolling. But so many people get helped it's an acceptable 'loss'.
I think another way to ask would be: Are you cutting back something essential from your diet which is causing the dry skin? One example of a "dieting strategy" would be drastically low fat intake which is a fairly common approach which could cause problems. But if you don't care, there's no more to see here...
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