What you need to know about Beauty Products and the HCG Diet ... By now you've probably heard the HCG Diet and cosmetic products just don't mix. But do you know why? Well, this is what Dr. Simeons book " Pounds and Inches " has this to say about using cosmetics while on the HCG Diet... Cosmetics When no dietary error is elicited we turn to cosmetics. Most women find it hard to believe that fats, oils, creams and ointments applied to the skin are absorbed and interfere with weight reduction by HCG just as if they had been eaten. This almost incredible sensitivity to even such very minor increases in nutritional intake is a peculiar feature of the HCG method. For instance, we find that persons who habitually handle organic fats, such as workers in beauty-parlors, masseurs, butchers, etc. never show what we consider a satisfactory loss of weight unless they can avoid fat coming into contact with their skin. The point is so important that I will illustrate...