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Is Unintentional Consumption Of CVS Water Based Personal Lubricant Harmful In Any Way?

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Question : I used CVS water based personal lubricant and moisturizer and didn't wash my hands afterwards and then made breakfast without washing it off but my hands were dry - is it harmful if maybe a small amount got in my mouth while touching the bread or cereal? tHE INGREDIENTS ARE PURIFIED WATER, GLYCERIN, PROPYLENE, GLYCOL,POLYQUATERNIUM-15,METHYLPARABEN,PROPLPARABEN
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Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (5 hours later)
Brief Answer:
No.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

No, it is not harmful. Even if you eat a small amount of this lubricant, nothing wrong will happen. Please note that every day out body has contact with lots of unknown substances. We do touch buttons in an elevators or door-knobs. This items are touched by hundreds or thousands people a day. For sure some of this people do not wash hands no matter what they were doing. When you touch such item, you get some of this substances with you. And usually nothing happens.
Its because our digestive tract and immune system are well protected and most of this substances are excreted with stool or neutralized by liver.
So once again, no need to be concerned.

Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
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Is Unintentional Consumption Of CVS Water Based Personal Lubricant Harmful In Any Way?

Brief Answer: No. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thank you for the query. No, it is not harmful. Even if you eat a small amount of this lubricant, nothing wrong will happen. Please note that every day out body has contact with lots of unknown substances. We do touch buttons in an elevators or door-knobs. This items are touched by hundreds or thousands people a day. For sure some of this people do not wash hands no matter what they were doing. When you touch such item, you get some of this substances with you. And usually nothing happens. Its because our digestive tract and immune system are well protected and most of this substances are excreted with stool or neutralized by liver. So once again, no need to be concerned. Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions. Regards.