The skin of the face reacts to weather and age-related changes, nutrition, alcohol, tobacco smoke, allergens, lack of sleep, and other negative influences. The negative influences of the environment are especially noticeable on women's skin. An excellent remedy that promotes restoration and a healthy, radiant appearance of the skin on the face is the well-known vitamin E. It promotes tissue regeneration and rapid cell renewal.
The medical name for vitamin E is tocopherol, which means “promoting birth.” It can be taken internally and used externally in creams, lotions, gels, and masks with tocopherol.
The properties of vitamin E for the skin are lost when exposed to air. Therefore, tocopherol dissolved in fat or oil is used for cosmetics. This way it retains its qualities longer. Thanks to nanotechnology in cosmetology, the beneficial properties of the vitamin are preserved throughout the shelf life of the cosmetic product.
When used internally, vitamin E acts through the female reproductive system to promote greater production of the hormone estrogen. This hormone is formed in the ovaries and brings beauty and youth to a woman. External use also has a positive effect on the skin, promoting wound healing, treating acne and rashes, eliminating dryness and sagging skin.
Relevance
Vitamin E (or tocopherol) is a truly unique natural substance, famous for its high rejuvenating, restorative and protective properties. Recently, it has been actively used in the cosmetics industry for the production of care and decorative products, including shampoos, balms, creams, lip balms, foams for washing and makeup removal, lipsticks, etc. Vitamin E is also not ignored in home cosmetics , many women use it to prepare moisturizing and nourishing masks and other products. It is currently not difficult to purchase ampoules, capsules and oily solutions of tocopherol; they are available for sale in all pharmacy chains.
Properties of vitamin E
Tocopherol is often called the vitamin of health and beauty, and this is not at all surprising, because it affects the skin and hair in a complex manner, solving several problems at the same time. Vitamin E is especially often included in anti-aging cosmetics that are effective against signs of aging (withering, loss of elasticity, fine and deep wrinkles, sagging contours). But this is not the only advantage of tocopherol. It boasts powerful protective properties against the negative effects of wind, frost, salt water and ultraviolet radiation, moisturizing, nourishing and healing effects. Based on it, products are made for sensitive and damaged skin; this feature is due to the stimulation of cell renewal, which is promoted by vitamin E.
This component is indispensable for dry and problematic skin. In the first case, products with tocopherol are aimed at eliminating dryness, peeling and irritation, in the second - at combating oily sheen, the spread of bacteria, pimples, blackheads and blackheads. Tocopherol is also effective against age spots and freckles, as well as stretch marks and even scars on the body caused by mechanical damage or burns. Tocopherol, like many other vitamins, is able to penetrate into the deep layers of the skin, thereby providing a full effect. Tocopherol is especially good in combination with vitamin A, the effect of which it enhances.
Another important feature of vitamin E is its ability to prevent the appearance and further development of skin cancer, all thanks to its antioxidant properties. Tocopherol reduces the risk of free radical formation, which provides an anti-cancer effect. By the way, many doctors advise residents of southern countries, who spend almost the entire year in the hot sun, to use cosmetics with vitamin E. After all, it is excess ultraviolet radiation that promotes the formation of free radicals. Vitamin E is also effective against swelling, dark circles and bags under the eyes and varicose veins, as it normalizes blood microcirculation and supplies the skin with oxygen.
Face masks
External use involves the use of masks with vitamin E. If you combine it with natural products and other pharmaceutical products, this will bring double benefits.
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Vitamin E can also be used on the lips. If you regularly apply a few drops of the product to your lips, they will become elastic, irritation, dryness and cracks will be eliminated.
If you constantly eat foods containing vitamin E and properly care for your skin using products containing it, this will help:
- Eliminate various skin imperfections,
- Resist many diseases
- Prevent aging processes.
Vitamin E is considered one of the most powerful antioxidants and this, combined with its natural origin, has made this substance a popular ingredient in cosmetics. Its popularity is so great that the packaging of more than half of modern cosmetic products indicates that they contain some form of vitamin E. Indeed, it effectively fights free radicals and has other beneficial properties that make vitamin E products in cosmetics worthwhile buy. However, it can also cause side effects - these are quite rare, but those who experience them are unlikely to be comforted.
general information
The term "vitamin E" is used to refer to a group of fat-soluble chemical compounds that are found in skin cells and in many foods, such as margarine, green and yellow vegetables, nuts, meat, corn, vegetable oils and some dairy products. The group of substances called vitamin E includes four types of tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta), and four types of tocotrienols, with the same prefixes. These substances can be either natural or artificial - the latter are found, for example, in food additives. The prefix D is used to designate artificial forms of vitamin E (for example, D-alpha tocopherol is one of the synthetic forms of vitamin E that is most often found in dietary supplements). Natural vitamin E is designated by the prefix DL (for example, DL-alpha tocopherol). Both types of vitamin E are very beneficial for human health, but natural vitamin E is absorbed slightly better.
Antioxidant properties of vitamin E
Vitamin E has strong antioxidant properties, and this is the main reason why it is widely used in the production of cosmetics. Free radicals, produced by many factors including metabolism, air pollution and ultraviolet radiation, are atoms or molecules that have one or more unpaired electrons. They actively look for a “pair” for these electrons, and achieve their goal by taking the missing electrons from another molecule, turning it into a free radical, which will also search for an electron. The result is a chain reaction that, over time, can lead to premature skin aging and more serious problems such as cancer.
Although vitamin E is normally found in skin cells, under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, and simply as a result of age-related changes, this substance in the skin becomes less and less, and depleting reserves need to be replenished. This function can be performed not only by a healthy diet, but also by cosmetics containing vitamin E.
If alpha-tocopherol is the most useful for oral administration (of all forms of vitamin E, the body absorbs only it), then any form of vitamin E is suitable for external use. Laboratory studies have shown that tocotrienols fight aging most effectively, but these were experiments conducted only on animals.
In addition to antioxidant properties, vitamin E has anti-inflammatory properties. It eliminates irritation and redness of the skin, helping it stay young and healthy longer.
Sun protection
Vitamin E provides the skin with some protection from sun damage. Research has shown that applying tocopherols to animals' skin protects them from damage that ultraviolet rays can cause. Vitamin E also reduces the likelihood of severe sunburn, and even improves the effectiveness of sunscreen ingredients such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Cosmetics that contain vitamin C along with vitamin E are especially good at protecting the skin from the sun. However, you should not give up regular sunscreen lotions and rely on simple creams containing vitamin E. It reduces the likelihood of skin damage associated with exposure to sunlight , but does not function as a sun filter.
Moisturizing properties of vitamin E
Vitamin E (especially alpha-tocopherol) is an excellent moisturizer. It strengthens the skin's natural lipid barrier, preventing moisture loss and increasing the amount of water in cells. As a result, the skin remains well hydrated for many hours and gradually becomes smoother and softer.
Vitamin E as a preservative
In the composition of various cosmetics, especially organic ones, vitamin E often plays the role of not only an antioxidant and moisturizing ingredient, but also a preservative. The fact is that it protects not only the skin from exposure to sunlight, but also the active ingredients of cosmetics, which can quickly degrade in the light. Therefore, vitamin E significantly increases the shelf life of cosmetics, especially if they are contained in transparent packaging. If vitamin E is listed at the end of the list of ingredients of a cosmetic product, it means that it is included in its composition precisely as a preservative, and not as a moisturizing ingredient.
Vitamin E in cosmetics
– use of vitamin E (or tocopherol) in cosmetology.
Vitamin E in foods
In order for your skin and hair to delight you with their beauty for a long time, it is important to use vitamin E not only outside, but also from the inside. Of course, the best option would be pharmacy vitamin complexes; they are available in a wide range in pharmacies. Tocopherol can also be “obtained” from food. High levels of vitamin E are present in the following foods: almonds, walnuts, cashews, corn, cottonseed, soybean, sunflower, olive and other vegetable oils, avocado, Brussels sprouts, milk, cream, sour cream, brown rice, beans, broccoli, kiwi, peas, lettuce, spinach, apples, tomatoes and mangoes. In general, vitamin E is present in large quantities in foods of plant origin; in meat, tocopherols are present in minimal quantities.
Vitamin release forms
You can buy vitamin E for the face in various forms - it can be liquid, in oil, in capsules and tablets. It is sold in its pure form and in the form of a synthetic drug.
Using the latter option may not be effective enough.
Vitamin E is also available in injectable ampoules, in oily form for external use.
The most popular are:
- Vitamin E in liquid form from Solgar
- without fats, without additives, dyes and preservatives, produced in the USA (price - 1200 rubles). - “Alpha tocopherol acetate”
- created on the basis of peach and soybean oil, glycerin, used for internal use for inflammatory skin diseases (price - 30 rubles for 1 bottle). - “Tocopherol acetate”, oil solution
- a domestic product created on sunflower oil (price for 1 bottle is 60 rubles).
In cosmetology, when carrying out, for example, mesotherapy or biorevitalization, solutions are created in a bottle, which contain a complex of vitamins - A, E and C.
In the pharmacy, tocopherol can be found in capsules for internal and external use:
- "Alpha-tocopherol acetate"
- (price per package - 172 rubles). - “Zentiva”
in capsules based on vegetable oils and glycerin (price - from 135 to 340 rubles). - "Vitrum"
- price for 60 capsules - 450 rubles. - "Evalar Selenium Forte"
- price per package 780 rubles.
This component is often found in cosmetics: in stores you can find vitamin cream (Libriderm, Cocoa Bater from Avon, Ussuri hops and vitamin E from Green Mama), vegetable oils and face masks containing tocopherol.
Vitamin E is often added to baby cream to protect the child’s skin from the negative effects of the environment and prevent skin diseases.
Using tocopherol at home
The easiest way to use tocopherol at home is to combine it with vegetable oils or add it to a ready-made cream, mask or shampoo. In both cases, it will be effective for both skin and hair. It is not forbidden to combine tocopherol with rose oil (rose oil); this composition is especially useful for those with dry, dehydrated and dull skin. Regular use of rose oil with vitamin E will provide a good anti-aging effect; in just 1-1.5 months the skin will become elastic, incredibly soft, velvety, toned without signs of dryness or flaking.
For dry, colored and normal hair, you can prepare a mask based on almond and coconut oil with the addition of tocopherol. Rub the mask into the ends and other damaged areas, put on a plastic cap and wait 15 minutes, then wash off with warm water and shampoo. If you use this mask twice a week for a month, your hair will acquire healthy shine, elasticity, strength and beauty. Get rid of dark circles, bags and puffiness under the eyes with a mask based on cocoa butter (classified as a butter), sea buckthorn oil and vitamin E. The mask is worn on the skin around the eyes for 10-15 minutes, after which it is washed off.
Variety of facial care products
Most women require special facial skin care to hide some imperfections and signs of age. This remedy is very useful and at the same time safe.
In addition, today you can find several types of products and choose the right one. But you should take all necessary precautions and the correct dosage. Experts say that vitamin E has a strong effect, so excessive consumption can cause the opposite process. Today the vitamin can be easily found in pharmacies in the following forms:
- Capsules. This is the most popular form due to its convenience. Vitamin E capsules for facial skin are usually used to make masks. Capsules are small yellow balls with liquid filling.
- Ampoules. This is the oldest method of storing vitamin. Its advantage is that it lasts for a long time, but the ampoule may break. In addition, the ampoule contains more substance; when opening it, it is necessary to use all the contents. Ampoules are used to administer the drug by injection.
- Liquid. Liquid vitamin E for the face is used for home treatments. It is used to prepare masks, rubbing solutions and compresses.
Before use, it is better to seek advice from a specialist. He will help you choose the right form and dosage.
