Can PUFAs be absorbed through the skin?

Ena

My question is inspired by a recent haidut post about absorption of nutrients from the air. (auto posted in Literature Review)

I suffer from eczema/rashes, which I can temporarily relieve a bit by applying drops of home-blended oils: wheat germ oil (carrier) with essential oils such as lavender, peppermint, tea tree and the like.

But now it suddenly occurs to me that I might be adding PUFA and phytoestrogens to my body!

natureman

Lavender is super estrogenic. There was a woman who used it topically for her young son. He grew breasts.

https://www.endocrine.org/news-and-advocacy/news-room/2018/chemicals-in-lavender-and-tea-tree-oil-appear-to-be-hormone-disruptors

DavidPS

@Ena - Peppermint is also estrogenic. Herbs containing menthol have the same issue.

Can Peppermint Tea Influence Estrogen Levels? Unraveling the Connection

TexugoDoMel

PRESS, M. (1974). CORRECTION OF ESSENTIAL FATTY-ACID DEFICIENCY IN MAN BY THE CUTANEOUS APPLICATION OF SUNFLOWER-SEED OIL. The Lancet, 303(7858), 597–599. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92653-1

natureman

Also Peat said he would make sure to wash his hands well when getting oil on his hands making oil paints.