Germ
Armor Preserves Your Natural Skin Oils
Published
studies report that gelled alcohol gel hand sanitizers actually
make the skin dirtier, not cleaner due to removal of protective
natural skin oils and entrapment of dead skin cells by the polymer
thickeners used in the gelled alcohol products. Benzalkonium chloride,
unlike benzethonium chloride, is the only quat active ingredient
with a history of use in leave-on, FDA Monograph anti-bacterial
skin treatment products. Leave-on Hand Sanitizers should not be
used as a substitute for proper hand washing and hygiene practices.