Are there any studies proving that magnesium is absorbed through the skin?

[freal]

Maybe I could start using topical magnesium chloride or sulfate. But is there any proof it works. Would that nigari be good and pure enough?

Ok, I did a quick googling, I found two:

http://www.cnelm.com/NutritionPractitio ... vised2.pdf

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/article ... ulfate.pdf


But again the two studies are very very poorly done and they are practically the only two. I dont think it works. http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/epsom-sal ... t-or-myth/

 

[Brian]

In my experience it seems to be very little. The only time I notice good magnesium absorption and retention is when my thyroid is working correctly and I likely have plenty of progesterone circulating. I've had very obvious signs of excellent absorption from Magnesium Bicarbonate or Glycinate, so the topical Magnesium crowd that claims that internal absorption is poor have no idea what they are talking about. If your absorption/retention is poor it is probably a sign of low progesterone/thyroid.

 

[freal]

A guy on this forum proposed a theory that the magnesium ions are only absorbed through hair follicles and not the skin. That would mean only a bath would work and not the oil.
http://www.worldhairloss.org/index.php/ ... ead/93/P0/

 

[Dean]

I feel I had some results with mag oil rubbed into my feet right before bed to help with restless legs and falling to sleep. It seemed to be very short-lived, however. Mag bicarb water seems to work much, much better though--as mentioned above.