Nail polish, as many of us know, is comprised of a lot of different chemicals. So, it's a no-brainer to us that eating chemicals can be damaging, right? As it turns out, it's much more than just ingesting small portions of chemicals. In fact, when you eat nail polish, even in small amounts, you're actually ingesting plastic.
Nail polish contains five basic ingredients: film formers, plasticizers, solvents, suspension agents, and colorants, says Kelly Dobos, a cosmetic chemist who formulates nail lacquer (via Hello Giggles). With the recent push for nail polish to "last longer" companies have begun to add more ingredients, which are known as the "Toxic Three." These three chemicals are formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate or DPB, which are all known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.
There are, of course, companies who go all natural and try to reduce the chemicals in their ingredients. However, nail products are never truly free from plastic particles. So, while the chemicals are in small qualities and eating nail polish is minimal, eating it can still cause damage to your digestive track and upset your gut due to the plastic intake and build up.
It's safe to say that above all, it's better to knock the habit of biting your nails in order to keep yourself healthy and safe!
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