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Avocado Benefits for Skin

Avocados are rich in healthy fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants that can improve your skin from the inside. Here are four of the best avocado benefits for your skin and even more reasons to eat one of nature’s healthiest foods.

1. Soften Skin 

The avocado oil is easily absorbed into your skin, so it works great when used in massage lotions. It tends to penetrate deeply into skin layers and therefore very effective in cleaning the skin and restoring it’s nutrient components. In the process it contributes in stimulating growth of new skin cells and increasing blood circulation in the skin.

2. Antioxidant Carotenoids for Healthy Skin

Avocados are a great source of antioxidant carotenoids like alpha-carotene, beta carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin and lutein. These free radical quenching compounds provide significant protection for your skin from the environmental damage that leads to fine lines, wrinkles and other visible signs of aging.

3.Effective Moisturizer

You can make your own moisturizer at home. It works great in softening and hydrating dry skin. Just mash 1 or 2 ripe avocados depending upon your requirement and mix with your favorite essential oil or honey. Apply this paste onto your skin and leave it on for 20-30 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

4. Vitamin C 

Many people are surprised to find out that avocado contains good amounts of vitamin C for healthy skin. We should ideally have many sources of vitamin C in our diet every day as it is water soluble and cannot be stored in your body.

As well as having strong antioxidant properties, vitamin C is needed for the creation of elastin and collagen, which bind your skin cells together and maintain their firmness and structure.

5.Gives Skin a Deep Clean

One of the benefits of an avocado face mask is that it can give skin a deep-down cleansing without the use of chemicals. While common chemical peels can get the skin clean and lift away dirt and excess oil that is trapped deep down in the pores, an avocado face mask can also penetrate deep into the skin, drawing away dead skin cells with the power of retinol, amino acids, and glutamine. This leaves the skin feeling clean and healthy, and may even help get rid of acne or skin blemishes. Because avocado face mask treatments are usually gentle on the skin, they are less likely to cause problems commonly associated with harsher masks, such as redness, moderate irritation, and peeling.

6.Anti Aging Avocado Face Masks

An avocado face mask fights the natural effects of aging in two ways. First, it contains vitamin A, which is a form of retinol. Retinol is a major factor in the appearance on an individual’s skin, because it can help boost new cell growth and collagen production. The more collagen the skin produces, the less visible wrinkles and fine lines will be, as collagen is one of the substances in our body responsible for keeping skin tight.

Second, avocado face masks also help the skin deflect and fight free radicals that can attack healthy skin cells and eventually lead to dark spots on face and skin discoloration. The naturally occurring anti oxidants in avocados can help fight these free radicals when absorbed directly into the skin. The nutrients in avocados can also act as a natural sunscreen, which can help boost the effectiveness of whichever sun block you’re already using.

7.Avocado Facial Mask

Blend 1/2 ripe avocado and 3-4 drops of vitamin E oil into a fine smooth paste. If you have a very dry skin or in very cold months, add a tea spoon of honey for hydrating your skin.

Wash your face with water to remove dirt from your face and to open the face pores. Pat your face until it is a little damp. Gently massage the paste onto your face. Let it remain on your face for 15 minutes. Rinse off your face with lukewarm water and if you like, may give a final rinse with cool water.