One of the common concerns among people who have celiac disease is cross contamination with gluten. To prevent cross contamination it is not enough to just eliminate gluten from your diet: you also have to make sure it is not present in in other material you use because gluten can lurk in a variety of products including beauty products, skin care items, personal hygiene products and make-up. It iis important to have a gluten free beauty routine!!
So is gluten absorption through the skin?
Gluten is a large protein molecule which cannot be absorbed through the skin. However, people with celiac disease still have to be careful about their beauty products, skin care products personal hygiene products and makeup. It is important to check if they have gluten in them. This is because of the risk of cross contamination because you may end up with the products on your hands and touch your mouth later and swallow the gluten component. Or you may contaminate your food with gluten if you have just applied them to your skin and then prepare food or eat without washing your hands.
Items such as lipsticks or glosses that are used on your mouth can easily be swallowed, so if they contain gluten you may experience a reaction to gluten. Furthermore, your toothpastes and mouthwashes can have gluten and cause a reaction if you swallow them. Shampoos and face-washes are also a risk if they contain gluten because it is easy to accidentally get them in your mouth and swallow.
It is therefore important to check the ingredient list for every beauty product you use. If you are still worried about the gluten content, then you may want to contact the manufacturer directly and ask them about what ingredients are in their products. It is also important to keep in mind that the ingredients can change over time, and manufacturers do not always announce the modifications.
If you have started on a gluten free diet and have not experienced an improvement in health it may be that you have a source of hidden gluten somewhere in your life which is causing cross contamination. It is important to eliminate gluten from beauty products, skin care items, personal hygiene products and make-up.
Despite multiple reassurances from doctors and researchers that gluten is too large to be absorbed through the skin, many people with celiac disease report problems with beauty, skin care products and make-up that have gluten in them. One of the most frequent complaints is a skin rash or hives. Although cross contamination and touching your mouth with fingers covered in a product with gluten can account for some of these reactions, there are still questions. Dr. Michael F. Picco points out that several problems may be occurring at the same time. First, you may have an additional allergy to gluten that is responsible for the skin reaction. Second, you may be experiencing dermatitis herpetiformis, which is a common symptom of celiac disease, and causes hives, blisters and other skin issues.
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