Evening Primrose Oil – An Ideal Anti-Aging Moisturizer
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When it comes to anti-aging moisturizers, it is well to consider the age-old saying that Beauty Comes From Within – a cliche, I know, but one whose truth you will appreciate when you add evening primrose oil to your diet. This anti-aging moisturizer is packed with the specific essential fatty acid used by the body to rebuild skin cells and repair damage. As we age, our skin cells gradually begin to break down leaving skin looking loose and thin. Collagen, the structure between the skin cells that keep it elastic and healthy, also starts to break down with age. Evening primrose oil improves your skin by plumping up individual cells and rebuilding the collagen structure. And it is not just for internal use. Used topically, it penetrates the skin for the same rebuilding and renewing effects.
Your skin naturally produces oils that keep your skin smooth and healthy but age, environment and harsh products can strip your skin dry. Dry skin is prone to cracks, irritation and redness. Once the skin’s surface is broken, infections become a problem. So replacing the skin’s natural oils becomes essential as the skin ages. Some oils just sit on top of the skin providing only temporary moisture. They can help in the short term but they do nothing for long-lasting improvement. In contrast, the molecular structure of evening primrose oil allows it to penetrate deep into the skin where it rebuilds and plumps up the cells while healing blemishes and repairing dryness.
Evening primrose oil comes from the plant Oenothera biennis. Its bright yellow flowers open in the evening, attracting nocturnal pollinators, and close up for good the next day. This brief night-blooming flower produces seeds dense in nourishing properties. The healing and rebuilding properties of this anti-aging oil have been well known and used since the 17th century in Europe. Native people of the Americas were using evening primrose oil when the settlers first arrived.
The secret to evening primrose oil’s skin rebuilding properties is an essential fatty acid called gamma-linolenic acid. Like many other essential fatty acids, gamma-linolenic acid is not produced by the body. It is limited in natural sources and is critical for health. The body uses, gamma-linolenic acid to repair and rebuild the skin. Without this important nutrient, your body does not have the tools it needs to create beautiful skin. Evening primrose oil is one of the highest natural sources of this skin-rebuilding essential nutrient.
So whether you use it internally or externally, evening primrose oil is an ideal tool for creating glowing, healthy skin.
