What do you do whenyou know that avocados spellmiracle for your skin but you are opposed to the idea of smearing yourself with the fruit pulp and skulking from sight?
You invest in a bottle of avocado oil, not the yellow, odorless variety, but the green one with a nutty flavor. The green one is unrefined, and because it is cold-pressed, it retains all the nutrients and flavors of the fruit, which are otherwise lost in the heat of the extraction process.
# Prevents Sun Damage
Dallying with the sun, or sun lamps, or tanning beds is fun, but all of these emit UV rays and make you prone to premature aging of the skin, or photo aging, and skin cancer by DNA damage. Scientists and cosmetic companies are constantly on the lookout for substances you could apply on your skin to protect it from such damage. These substances are called photoprotective agents.
# Keeps You Looking YoungerBut not just photo-aging. What about the signs of aging your skin starts showing right after you hit 25? What about the fine lines, the crow’s feet, the laughter lines, and the lax skin? The answer is, again, avocado oil.
- The vitamins, thefolate(vit. B9), and the lecithin in avocado boost the collagen in the skin,givingit firmness.
- The antioxidant vitamins C and E and carotenoidspreventinflammation and keep the wrinkles from showing on the skin.
- The fatty acids in avocado oil penetrate into the dermis or the second layer of the skin and not just the outermost layer or the epidermis, moisturizing it well and preventing aging-related dryness and wrinkles.
# Removes Pigmentation And Age SpotsAvocado oil contains both vitamins niacin (B3) and panthothenic acid (B5), a combination of which was found to reduce pigmentation of the skin in a study on Indian women of the 30–60 age group suffering from epidermal hyperpigmentation, which includes spots, tanning, melasma, or discoloration of the skin in the epidermis. A face lotion containing derivatives of vitamins B3 and B5 could reduce the appearance of these spots or discolorations, brighten the skin, even out the skin tone, and improve the skin texture within six weeks.
# Removes Dark CirclesYou can’t use just any cream for your under-eye nourishment, can you? The skin is delicate and prone to irritation. So are the fine line and the dark circles here to stay? Not if you use avocado oil.
While the mainstream under-eye creams are not able to penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin, avocado oil’s ability of deep penetration and absorption, yet again, is a boon for the extra-soft skin around the eyes.
# Repairs The Skin At NightMost night creams you find in supermarkets are strong moisturizers that may carry some peptides, vitamins like A or K, and organic acids like glycolic acid to boost skin repair, with no SPF or photoprotective agents.
You already know all about avocado oil’s high penetration capacity and oleic acid and lecithin content, which make it a strong moisturizer useful for all skin types but especially true for dry, dehydrated, and sensitive skin types.
# Fights Hair LossApart from its monounsaturated fats that moisturize the scalp, avocado oil has vitamin D, which is crucial for promoting hair health and preventing hair loss. A 2012 study published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine emphasized vitamin D’s potency as a hair vitamin for the creation of new hair follicles in those suffering from hair loss.