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Although skin care products generally will not deliver nutrients deep into living cells in the surface layer of real skin, vitamin E in many products is actually useful. Scientists have discovered that by using antioxidants to the skin, free radical damage that would normally be used by exposure to UV light (e.g. the sun), can be avoided or at least minimized. Vitamin E is a popular ingredient in many skin care creams.

The scientists found that the protective effect of vitamin E from the time of UV exposure is clearly 2 and 3 days later. Group of people who have the cream of vitamin E applied to the skin, they have signs of inflammation are less than the group that received the lotion without vitamin E. Inflammation is evidence of cell damage, and measured in this study with a flow of blood to the area than normal. It’s a placebo, double-blind study, meaning that some people received a lotion with vitamin E, others not, and the group does not know that it has received. This finding, scientists that vitamin E is effective in preventing visible signs of aging of the skin. Continue reading →