Can cocoa butter make it from my skin into my milk?

[miami mommy]

Hi!

My 4.5 mo DS is unfortunately sensitive to a lot of what I like to eat. I've had to cut way back on dairy, eliminate eggs, soy, peanuts and sadly, chocolate. It's been months since I had any chocolate, but I won't forget how gassy and upset he was and the blood in the diaper.

I've been using stretch mark oil all along and I just realized that it has cocoa butter in it. Is it possible for the cocoa butter to make it into my breastmilk? My DS is fussy some of the time, although part of that is teething, and I'm desperate to find any way I can help him out. I stopped using the stretch mark oil this week which is fine because my stretch marks are pretty faded now. I just want to know if I should be vigilant about not using skin care products with cocoa butter.

[AFWife]

I really dont think so. I can't quote anything on that...but I don't feel like that's possible.

[MonkeysRUs]

In order for something to get into your milk, it has to first get into your bloodstream, so cocoa butter shouldn't be a problem.

[lkmiscnet]

I'm not a doctor, but there are many prescription creams (i.e. retinols) that are not supposed to be used on your skin because they are absorbed and can get into breastmilk.

Also, more attention is being paid to what is in lotions, like parabens, etc because they are endocrine disrupters. This wouldn't be a concern if our skin didn't absorb it. It stands to reason, since the skin is the largest organ of our body.

As far as the safety of cocoa butter, there are many stretch mark creams that are made with it and obviously must be safety tested to be used on pregnant women.

I just wanted to point out that some lotions can be unsafe. It depends on the ingredients.