[ShelaVenna]

So Raw female IS in fact suitable as a nipple cream as well? Read in another thread that it might not have the right molecular weight due to being mixed with Damiana and zinc.

I ended up buying Raw Female myself since swanson was sold out and I really hope I can use it as a nipple cream as well. I discovered raw female is from free range antibiotic-free cows which makes for a great product. I’ve used it for two days and my body reacted to it immediately with swelling and aching breasts which was VERY surprising as the dosage was actually lower than what I usually take. If swansons wasn’t sold out I would have ordered that instead but Raw Female seems very promising and might become my go to BO.

I’ve read that any molecule that’s smaller than 500 daltons can theoretically be absorbed, but some small molecules absorb much more easily than other small molecules for reasons I’m too stupid to understand. It’s also important to keep in mind that just because something is able to penetrate INTO the skin, that doesn’t mean that it can penetrate all the way THROUGH the skin into the underlying fat or into systemic circulation. Some molecules remain in the skin, others get concentrated in local fat cells, and others just go straight into systemic circulation without having a localized effect. Again, the reasons for this are too complicated for me to understand, let alone explain. Even if the powder contains a lot of larger molecules that won’t absorb, the smaller molecules can theoretically still make it through. So it might not even really matter if the damiana and zinc don’t penetrate the skin. The carrier obviously also matters. Some carriers do a better job at transporting certain types of molecules. I don’t understand which ones or why, but I have seen posts by skincare and medical industry insiders on other forums who say that aloe and alcohol gel are the best easily available transdermal carriers for hormones and hormone like substances. The main thing I would be concerned about is that a lot of the hormones might remain “trapped” in the powder if they’re not extracted into a liquid first. On the other hand, if people are getting growth just by applying powdered BO and aloe, there’s no problem to fix. I guess enough hormones must be able to seep out of the powder and into the skin over the course of the day.