Today’s Daily Nation featured a story about how skin conditions of a number of ladies improved when they ditched certain beauty creams. Some of the creams they used touted ‘aloe vera’ and other natural products in a bid to woo customers. *Most* beauty creams contain certain chemicals such as phthalates, PFAs and parabens that destroy friendly skin bacteria. When these friendly skin bacteria are destroyed, the bad bacteria that cause various skin conditions such as acne, psoriasis and others thrive. Friendly skin bacteria help fight the bad bacteria that cause skin conditions. Naturopathic medical experts aver that the route to fixing skin conditions is not through beauty products and creams but through diet and lifestyle. Incidentally, many dermatologists respond to skin conditions with prescriptive creams that don’t address the root cause of skin ailments.