While plant oils have been used throughout time in the kitchen and in certain cosmetics, it is only more recently that they are being taken more seriously for restoring the skin’s balance and helping to heal many skin diseases.

Common oils like olive, sunflower seed, coconut, sesame, avocado, borage, sweet almond and rose hip are anti-inflammatory and have nourishing effects that promote wound healing while also repairing the skin’s barrier. If your skin is chronically stripped of its natural barrier, your first line of immune defense is not much of a defense after all.

The skin’s barrier function is primarily dependent on the integrity of the surface layer of the skin and with it constantly encountering a daily onslaught of unhealthy external stimuli, injuries and/or infections happen that can lead to wounds, premature skin aging and even skin cancer. If you are suffering from inflammation, it is happening in response to a damages skin barrier. So, if you are using tons of products or even a few, but they are old, cheap and mass-produced ones made with industrial chemicals, you are definitely compromised. The good news? Knowing that maintaining a healthy barrier of the skin not only has you looking radiant and absolutely gorgeous but you are protected against foreign substances entering the body and causing infections and even disease. Way more important than how you look right?

Yes, your overall health depends first on your skin and a healthy barrier! Continue reading