Palmers Cocoa Butter Review

The E.T. Brown company, makers of Palmer's cocoa butter products has been around since the middle of the 18th century. They have made a name for themselves in the world of skin care with the help of their cocoa butter products which are known to be an effective treatment for dry skin. Now they have a cocoa butter product designed to help prevent and to reduce the appearance of stretch marks.

Ingredients:

The official website for this product does not list the ingredients for their Palmer's cocoa butter stretch mark formula and finding a complete list of the ingredients may be quite a challenge. A partial list of some the ingredients of this product include cocoa butter, Shea butter, Vitamin E, soluble collagen and Hydrolyzed elastin. While all these products are all good stuff and would indicate at least the possibility that this product may produce promised results, without knowing the other ingredients it is difficult if not impossible to determine if these ingredients when combined with the other ingredients in this product will prove effective. This makes it entirely necessary to depend solely on users reviews to determine if this product does what it claims it can do.

Does it Work?

The reviews on Palmer's cocoa butter for stretch marks are mixed. Half the user reviews indicate that this product does exactly what it claims to do while the other half claims it did not work at all. One review did offer a cause for concern as a user stated that after purchasing this product she noted that the list of ingredients contained 4 carcinogens and she advised pregnant women not use this product.

This review was particularly alarming in view that the official website itself did not offer an entire list of it's ingredients for potential customers to view before buying the product. This leaves customers in the dark when it comes to deciding if a product contains ingredients which they may be allergic to or prove harmful to their health. One would expect a reputable company such as E.T. Browne to give their potential customers all the information needed to make an informed decision. Since the company neglected to supply this information and in light of the review stating this product contains potentially harmful ingredients one has to wonder why this information was withheld.

Since Palmer's Cocoa Butter is designed to be used by pregnant women who are concerned for their unborn infants health this is an important issue that should have been addressed.

Conclusion

The ingredients that are readily available to the public are good ingredients and will at least help to soften and moisturize the skin. However, not all of the ingredients are available to customers before they purchase this product. While some users found that this product did help others found it did nothing for their stretch marks either in fading them or keeping new one from appearing.

In light of the fact that pregnant women may be tempted to use Palmer's Cocoa Butter to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy and the fact that at least one reviewer stated that this product contains harmful ingredients it is recommended that women particularly those who are pregnant or breast feeding seek another product where the ingredients are not only known but are known to be safe for them and their unborn child.