In terms of skin care and beauty products, parabens are used in very low doses and most are considered safe; however, the safety of others has posed questions. Due to the much recent discussions about the possible harmful (yet-to-be-scientifically-proven) effects of parabens, Institut’ DERMed has excluded parabens from all its skin care products! Instead, we are using natural, plant-derived preservatives to help keep our products micro-organism-free.