| Whilst skin care products generally won't deliver | | | | and the research verifies only benefits that relate to |
| nutrients deep into the actual living cells beneath the | | | | this antioxidant activity.Another of the promises |
| superficial layers of the skin, the vitamin E in many | | | | associated with vitamin E creams is that it helps to |
| products is actually useful. Scientists have found that | | | | heal scars. This is not something that has been verified |
| by applying antioxidants to the skin, free radical | | | | scientifically. Research quoted in Wikipedia found that |
| damage that would normally occur through exposure | | | | when vitamin E was applied to patients who had |
| to UV light (say, from the sun), can be prevented or at | | | | undergone surgery, it did not reduce the size, shape, or |
| least minimized. Vitamin E is a popular ingredient in | | | | color of scars. In fact, up to one third of patients |
| many skin care creams.The scientists found that the | | | | experienced complications like allergies, dermatitis, and |
| protective effects of vitamin E from that period of UV | | | | irritation that in fact can make a forming scar worse. |
| exposure were apparent 2 and 3 days later. The | | | | Activated manuka honey is a much better option in |
| group of people who had vitamin E cream applied to | | | | reducing scarring, and healing skin.Vitamin E remains an |
| their skin had less signs of inflammation than the group | | | | excellent antioxidant. It is helpful when taken as a |
| who were given the lotion without vitamin E. | | | | supplement for a whole host of issues, including |
| Inflammation is a sign of cell damage, and was | | | | protecting the liver, and minimizing the damage smoking |
| measured in this study by the amount of blood flow to | | | | does. And it is great for the skin in terms of preventing |
| that area as compared to normal. This was a placebo | | | | sun damage from the oxidizing effect of UV light. It is a |
| controlled, double blind study, which means that some | | | | good 'beauty vitamin' when taken as a supplement. |
| people received the lotion with vitamin E, some didn't | | | | Erica Angyal describes how it protects cell |
| and neither group knew which it was getting. The | | | | membranes from damage and helps maintain their |
| conclusions these scientists made were that vitamin E | | | | flexibility, which can diminish as we age. It also works |
| was effective at preventing the visible signs of aging | | | | to increase the level of vitamin A in our body. And it is |
| on skin.Whilst vitamin E in creams and lotions will | | | | very beneficial for skin problems like acne and |
| benefit the skin, there is strong doubt on whether it can | | | | psoriasis. She recommends taking 400 to 800 IU of |
| help in some of the beauty products it is in. For | | | | vitamin E a day, to prevent premature aging and |
| example, when vitamin E is advertised as being of | | | | improve the lustre of skin.References: |
| benefit to strengthen or thicken eyelashes, this is | | | | |
| something of a misnomer, and is not supported by | | | | Erica Angyal, Gorgeous Skin In 30 Days (Lothian |
| science. Paula Begoun, the 'cosmetic cop' writes that | | | | Books, 2005)If you'd like to learn more about vitamin E, |
| there isn't a product out there that will strengthen and | | | | click here. If you're an acne sufferer, and want some |
| thicken eyelashes. The best you can do in this instance | | | | help deciding on either an in salon or at home acne |
| is to apply an eyelash primer and mascara to make | | | | facial, check out this article. |
| eyelashes appear thicker. Vitamin E is an antioxidant, | | | | |