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Borotalco Invisible Deodorant Roller

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Invisible Deodorant Roller — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

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Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 59/100 · 16 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Talc — IARC Group 2A, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk8 ingredients · max 7/10Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 5/10Irritation2 ingredients · max 5/10

Flagged ingredients (10)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Talc

absorbent · texturizer

Severity 5/10
Babies & kids: Best avoided
  • Cancer concern:IARC reclassified talc as probably carcinogenic (2A) in 2024; historic asbestos contamination drives concern.
IARC Group 2A ↗EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted) ↗

A mineral powder at the center of major litigation and a 2024 IARC upgrade to 'probably carcinogenic'. Regulators specifically warn against powder use on babies (inhalation risk); cornstarch is the standard substitute.

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.

Eugenol

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; clove-scented sensitizer.
EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted) ↗

The clove scent molecule, a long-established contact allergen on the EU declaration list.

Coumarin

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Use with caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen found in tonka bean and many perfumes.
EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted) ↗

A sweet hay-scented molecule requiring EU allergen declaration; a regular positive in fragrance patch-test series.

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Irritation:Can irritate freshly shaved underarm skin.

The standard antiperspirant active. Large reviews and the EU's scientific committee found no supported link to breast cancer or Alzheimer's at cosmetic exposure levels.

No concerns found (4)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (2)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • PPG-15 Stearyl Ether· skin conditioning - emollient
  • Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate· chelating

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern deodorants

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Aqua, Aluminum Chlorohydrate, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, Steareth-2, Parfum, Steareth-21, Talc, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Eugenol, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Isoeugenol, Limonene

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