Vitamin E

An extremely thick, rich oil that is used as a natural preservative (it’s an antioxidant and helps keep the oils from going rancid) in many natural bath and body potions. It’s an excellent wound healer, and is useful for combating skin damage, healing scar tissue/stretch marks, moisturizing (especially for dry or aging skin) and is often used to treat wrinkles, and fine lines. Helpful in treating many forms of skin conditions, as well as burns, scrapes, and rashes.

- There are a variety of other benefits of vitamin e for skin care:
- vitamin e products help reduce the appearance of stretch marks
- vitamin e can help prevent the appearance of age spots
- it helps maintain the skin’s oil balance during the cleansing process
- it reduces transepidermal water loss from skin and strengthens the skin’s barrier function

Overall for skin care, more benefit is obtained from topical application of vitamin e through creams or lotions rather than taking vitamin e orally. Skin is able to absorb natural vitamin e effectively. However, taking vitamin e orally is important for the good health of other areas of the body.