Toxins in medications and topical products (even many that are labeled “natural” or “organic”) can strip natural oils and kill the synergistic colonies of microbes, both of which are critical for health and healing.
Read the labels on products you are using on your dog. If they contain any of the ingredients listed below, they may be harming more than they are helping.
Many of the anti-itch, anti-microbial, skin stripping chemicals used in common products are also known skin allergens, which could be doubling your trouble!
Simply giving the immune system a chance to heal and find balance can deliver astonishing results.
Coat Defense products are un-medicated and don’t interfere with your dog’s natural healing ability. Our formulas are so gentle you can find the ingredients in most kitchens!
Our CD Clean Shampoo has helped:
An added bonus: a shiny, lustrous coat! Once natural oils are allowed to remain instead of being stripped away, here comes the shine!
These common ingredients are known irritants and allergens that could be interfering with your dog’s natural ability to heal.
All data was sourced from the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Database. (www.ewg.org)
Concerns: Eye, skin, and lung irritant. Removes protective oils and microbiome from the skin.
May appear on ingredient list as: (MONODODECYL ESTER SODIUM SALT SULFURIC ACID, SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE, SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, SODIUM SALT SULFURIC ACID, MONODODECYL ESTER, SULFURIC ACID MONODODECYL ESTER SODIUM SALT, and SULFURIC ACID, MONODODECYL ESTER, SODIUM SALT)
Concerns: Eye, skin and lung irritant. May cause skin rash.
May appear on ingredient list as: (2-HYDROXY- BENZOIC ACID, 2-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, BENZOIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-, BENZOIC ACID, 2HYDROXY, O-CARBOXYPHENOL, O-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, PHENOL-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID, and SALICYLIC ACID)
Concerns: Human immune and respiratory allergen; eye, skin and lung irritant.
May appear on ingredient list as:(1,1'-HEXAMETHYLENE BIS(5-(P-CHLOROPHENYL)BIGUANIDE), 1,6-DI(N-P-CHLOROPHENYLDIGUANIDO)HEXANE, 2,4,11,13-TETRAAZATETRADECANEDIIMIDAMIDE, N,N '-BIS(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-3,12-DIIMINO-, CHLORHEXIDINE, CHLOROHEXIDINE, N,N '-BIS(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-3,12-DIIMINO- 2,4,11,13-TETRAAZATETRADECANEDIIMIDAMIDE, and N,N'-BIS(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-3,12-DIIMINO-2,4,11,13-TETRAAZATETRADECANEDIIMIDAMIDE)
Concerns: Human skin toxicant or allergen, carcinogen, respiratory toxicant.
May appear on ingredient list as:(COAL TAR SOLUTION, and TAR, COAL)
Concerns: Skin allergen
May appear on ingredient list as:(2,4-HEXADIENOIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT, 2,4HEXADIENOIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT, POTASSIUM SALT 2,4-HEXADIENOIC ACID, and POTASSIUM SORBATE)
Concerns:found to provoke allergic reactions in patients with eczema and other skin allergies.
May appear on ingredient list as:1,2-DIHYDROXYPROPANE, 1,2-PROPANEDIOL, 2-HYDROXYPROPANOL, METHYLETHYL GLYCOL, PROPANE-1,2-DIOL, and PROPYLENE GLYCOL)
Concerns: carcinogens, hormone disruptors, allergens to the skin, eyes and lungs.
May appear on ingredient list as: (AROMA, FRAGRANCE, and PARFUM)
Concerns:skin allergies, endocrine disruption, and biochemical or cellular level changes
May appear on ingredient list as: (4-HYDROXY- METHYL ESTER BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER, 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER, POTASSIUM SALT, BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER, BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER, POTASSIUM SALT, BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER, SODIUM SALT, BENZOIC ACID, 4HYDROXY, METHYL ESTER, BENZOIC ACID, 4HYDROXY, METHYL ESTER, SODIUM SALT, METHYL 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE, METHYL ESTER 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER POTASSIUM SALT 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER POTASSIUM SALT BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER SODIUM SALT BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL P-HYDROXYBENZOATE, METHYL P-HYDROXYBENZOATE POTASSIUM SALT, METHYL PARAHYDROXYBENZOATE, METHYLPARABE, METHYLPARABEN, METHYLPARABEN, POTASSIUM SALT, METHYLPARABEN, SODIUM SALT, P-CARBOMRYHOXYPHENOL, P-METHOXYCARBONYLPHENOL, POTASSIUM METHYL 4-OXIDOBENZOATE, POTASSIUM METHYLPARABEN, POTASSIUM SALT 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER, POTASSIUM SALT BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER, POTASSIUM SALT METHYLPARABEN, SODIUM 4-(METHOXYCARBONYL)PHENOLATE, SODIUM 4-CARBOMETHOXYPHENOLATE, SODIUM METHYL P-HYDROXYBENZOATE, SODIUM METHYLPARABEN, SODIUM P-METHOXYCARBONYLPHENOXIDE, SODIUM SALT BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER, and SODIUM SALT METHYLPARABEN)