Cockroaches in your Anti-Aging Cream!

Do you hate Cockroaches? Well don’t be surprised if you find them in your favorite Anti-Aging product.

No I’m not talking about a live cockroach, I’m talking about an Ingredient in your wrinkle cream. Cockroaches are being used by cosmetics companies as a protein filler in Anti-Aging products and other beauty/cosmetic products. According to La Times (link below), it’s a very profitable business for Chinese Cockroach farmers, which sell them to cosmetic companies worldwide! The cockroaches are being cooked and dried, then they are being crushed to powder and sold for big bucks.

Read the full story in the La Times: Cockroach farms multiplying in China

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