Green Tea And The Skin

One of the benefits of green tea is that it improves your skin’s health. There are many studies showing that green tea plays a major part when it comes to preventing skin cancer. It is also great for solar protection. Topical application of green tea extracts quench free radicals and reduce inflammation.

Another skin condition that finds benefits in green tea is rosacea.  It has been discovered that a special type of green tea can help reducing inflammation in papulopustular rosacea. But there is more, as green tea has been proven very useful when treating aging signs.

Thanks to the antioxidants it contains (polyphenols and EGCG) it helps slowing down the sign of aging. Studies are currently made to see if green tea helps also diminishing wrinkles and sags. There was a study back in 2005 that showed no significant differences when compared to a placebo.

If you want to use green tea for skin, know that the proper way to integrate them into your daily skin care is yet being researched.  However you can take advantage of its proven benefits of solar protection and use a green tea formula under your sun screen, for this purpose, choose zinc oxide-based sunscreens.

The ways to take advantage of green tea for skin care include, taking a green tea extract, drinking 5 cups or glasses of green tea per day, and applying green tea-based creams.  You have to see what works better for you, but of course, it is better if you talk first to a health professional. Green tea, especially the one you drink, contains caffeine and it can be bad to consume high amounts of caffeine if you suffer from hypertension.

When looking for greent ea skin care products to buy, always read the labels, and ensure the product gives you enough information about its composition.  Since green tea products are not regulated by the FDA there’s a chance of being scammed by poor quality products.