Avocado oil is an excellent choice for cooking healthy meals, as it is a source of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, minerals and vitamins. But have you ever thought of using this wonderful fruit to soothe and heal your skin?
Avocado oil is considered to have many beneficial benefits for the skin, acting as a moisturizer in cases of dry areas and acting as a natural sunscreen. You can apply avocado oil directly to your skin or mix it with your favorite beauty products.
Now let’s see what are the benefits of using avocado oil on the skin.
The antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents in avocado oil help your skin stay soft, strong and supple. You can use avocado oil as a soothing ointment on mild itching, to moisturize any dehydrated spots on the skin or lips. It is also said that avocado oil can be used to protect your skin from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.
The beta-carotene, proteins, lecithin, fatty acids and vitamins A, D and E found in avocado oil help to hydrate and protect your skin from harmful UV rays, and it is thought that it may also support an increase in collagen production. A 2015 study found that a topical skin cream consisting of avocado, tea and jojoba oils has additional antimicrobial effects.
Some people refer to avocado oil as an essential oil, but this is not accurate. With a thick and green color, avocado oil is actually considered an oil. Essential oils are highly concentrated ‘volatile substances’, isolated through a process such as distillation from the aromatic parts of a plant, for example the root or leaves. Instead, oils are obtained after pressing seeds, nuts or other fatty parts of the fruit and are used to help dilute the essential oils.
Before you buy the rich avocado oil, however, it might help to consider the following: As the main benefits of avocado oil are to soothe and add moisture, its use may not have the desired results in case you have oily skin.
