Placental cream may contain papaya extract.
Placenta Cream was created to help treat skin damage caused by the sun, signs of aging, and dry skin. Contains real placenta as one of the main ingredients. In most cases, the placenta is from cattle or sheep. Many brands of this cream are manufactured in Australia and New Zealand, where sheep placentas are used almost exclusively.
The placenta nourishes the young in the womb, transferring food and other essentials of life from the mother to the growing fetus. It is likely that this vital aspect of the placenta was the original inspiration for using it to give wearers a vital and youthful appearance. Sheep placentas are the most widely used, as sheep are strong animals with strong immune systems.
Olive oil is sometimes added to placenta cream to provide additional skin benefits.
Not all placenta creams actually contain placenta, in the conventional sense of the word. In some cases, the products use vegetable placenta and are not animal products. While these products technically use placenta (plants do have a placenta, but not like the one that exists in mammals), this is not what people expect when they see the term “placenta cream”.
Sheep placentas are commonly used to produce placenta cream.
This cream is used as a beauty product, but many people also claim that it is useful for healing wounds. The living cells in the cream are believed to help increase blood circulation to the area where it is applied. Many of these creams are formulated with additional ingredients that enhance the healing power of the cream.
Some of the ingredients added to the placenta cream include tea tree oil, goat milk, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, and papaya extract. Collagen, vitamin E, avocado oil, alcohol and glycerin are also used. Extracts from things like apricots and almonds can be included for the benefits these additives can provide. Each company makes its own mix.
Tea tree oil is often added to placenta cream.
To make placenta cream, placentas are collected and brought to the manufacturing site for processing. The placentas are sterilized to eliminate any possibility of disease transmission or other unwanted side effects. A special live cell extraction technique is used to remove the living cells from the placenta for use in the cream, after which the cells are mixed with the product.
Placental cream can help treat sun damage to the skin.
There are no known side effects from the use of placenta cream, but side effects from other types of placenta therapy have been reported. Therapeutic injection of placental cells has caused incidents of gas gangrene and even death in some cases. For the best skin benefit, individuals should continue to use topical placenta therapy and never attempt to use these products, or similar products, as injections.