Vitamin E has an antioxidant action and helps fight free radicals: it is therefore an excellent cosmetic ingredient for mature and wrinkled skin .
How can we use vitamin E to prevent and fight skin aging ?
How to use vitamin E in cosmetics
Vitamin E in cosmetics carries out two important functions: at very low doses it prevents the oxidation of vegetable oils and butters and at higher dosages it has an antioxidant action on the skin.
Vitamin E can be purchased at a pharmacy or online from the sellers of raw materials for the preparation of cosmetics; the dosage percentage to be used depends on the product and should be checked on the manufacturer's technical sheet.
Being a fat-soluble vitamin, vitamin E must be added to oily substances : we can then combine vitamin E with a massage oil to prevent oxidation and to fight skin aging. It is recommended to add vitamin E especially to oils sensitive to rancidity, such as rosehip oil and sweet almond oil.
In the same way, we can insert vitamin E in the formulation of products that contain shea butter, mango butter or cocoa butter as emollient body butters, lip balms and ointments for dry skin.
It is also possible to add vitamin E to the emulsion creams prepared at home: tocopherol is a thermolabile vitamin, therefore it must be combined with the emulsion cream that has taken place; added to the creams will avoid the rancidity of the fats inserted in the formulation and will confer antioxidant properties to the product.
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What is vitamin E
Vitamins are essential molecules for our body, involved in many important biological processes.
Being an essential molecule, vitamin E is not produced by our body, so it is assimilated through food: it is a fat-soluble vitamin very common in oilseeds and vegetable oils.
Once ingested through food, vitamin E is digested and absorbed in the small intestine and from there it is transported together with fatty acids, phospholipids, cholesterol and other liposoluble vitamins in lipoproteins called chylomicrons that reach through the lymphatic system. the blood circulation and then the tissues.
In our body, vitamin E is used above all to maintain the integrity of cell membranes and protect them from the action of free radicals.
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The properties of vitamin E for the skin
Vitamin E - or α-tocopherol - is particularly suitable for mature skin, for dry and dehydrated skin and for sensitive or irritated skin: we can then add it to do-it-yourself cosmetic products with anti-wrinkle, moisturizing and soothing action .
Vitamin E has in fact an antioxidant action and protects the skin from the action of free radicals, the main causes of skin aging and cell damage.
Tocopherol also has an anti-inflammatory action, useful in case of erythema, redness, burns due to excessive sun exposure.
The cutaneous application of products containing vitamin E helps improve skin hydration and elasticity and reinforce the skin's natural protection.
