There are tons of products that claim they’ll improve your acne, but it seems as if all they give you is dry, irritated skin instead. The truth is, if you want to avoid acne you need to strengthen your skin’s defenses. At Santalia, we recognize the link between
antioxidants and acne. By increasing your skin’s antioxidant supply, you will see a difference in the look of your skin.
What is oxidation?You may hear a lot of people mention the term “oxidation” when they talk about acne. But what is oxidation anyway and what does it mean for the health of our skin? Basically, oxidation is just another way of saying “cell damage.”
We all have oxygen molecules and other oxidizing agents in our bodies and throughout our skin. These oxidizing agents are in need of an electron to become stable, so they look to your healthy cells and tissue to find them. Skin damage occurs when these oxygen molecules (aka free radicals) try to rob our healthy cells and tissue of electrons. You’ll sometimes hear these oxygen molecules referred to as “free radicals.”
When these free radicals succeed in stealing electrons from our cells and tissue, our skin becomes damaged. This damage can surface in a variety of different ways--from wrinkles to loose skin, and to acne.
How can you combat oxidation?No matter what you do, there’s no way to completely avoid every damaging process there is. Even breathing creates free radicals! But what you can do is limit your exposure to unnecessary free radicals, and increase your body’s natural defenses to them.
Let’s start off with what you can prevent--you can wear sunscreen to limit UV exposure and you can be wary of the chemicals you apply to your skin. Some over-the-counter acne treatments can result in damage over time. Benzoyl peroxide gets rid of bacteria using strong oxidizers. But any oxidizer applied to the skin over time will result in skin damage and increased exposure to damaging elements.
A better approach to take is to build up your body’s natural defenses. Our bodies use antioxidants to prevent this electron stealing chain reaction and stop the skin damage it causes. Antioxidants are chemicals that are able to donate an electron to a free radical without the antioxidant becoming a free radical itself. Therefore, they put an end to the chain of damaging chemical reactions that can lead to acne.
Without this
antioxidant protection, it’s easy for oxidative chain reaction to lead to your skin becoming damaged. Basically, this means you get an annoying, inflamed pimple. Acne sufferers often have to deal with these pimples because their skin is often too low on antioxidants to fight back against inflammation and ward off acne.
How can you get more antioxidants?We get antioxidants from the foods we eat and exercise can increase our antioxidant defense system. So increasing your intake of fruits, vegetables, and vitamin supplements is a good start to building your body’s defenses. Since your antioxidant supplies are depleted daily, you need to make increasing your antioxidants a daily priority.
However, in acne sufferers, ingesting sources of antioxidants may not be enough of a boost since the antioxidants then spread throughout the body, rather than directly to your skin. This is where a topically applied source of antioxidants can be helpful. Topical applications supply antioxidants directly to the skin, where those looking to prevent skin damage need them.
Some essential oils have antioxidant properties that can help strengthen the body’s defenses against skin damaging free radicals. Sandalwood essential oil has been used for centuries for its skin enhancing qualities. If you want to prevent these damaging free radicals from wreaking havoc on your skin, you can protect it with essential oils that have antioxidant properties, like sandalwood. These additional antioxidant properties help to replenish antioxidant levels--giving skin the additional protection it needs to face the day and all that comes along with it. Try out our
Acne Therapy Kit today to see how our products can enhance the look of your skin!
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