Green tea has been in the mainstream news for everything from healthcare to body and hair care. Due to its many benefits to the skin, it has been incorporated into various washes, masks, and serums.
While adding this directly to your skin undoubtedly has benefits, drinking green tea can prove even more beneficial as it benefits both health and skin care. You should include green tea in your daily routine or regimen for many reasons, and we will explore all of the possible skin benefits in this read.
Source: Dr. Eric Berg DC
Benefits of green tea to the skin
Green tea is said to be beneficial to the skin due to its major polyphenolic compounds. These compounds contain antioxidants, anti-diabetes, anti-myocardial infarction, anti-atherosclerosis, and anti-inflammatory properties.
Due to some of these exhibitory properties, green tea benefits the skin in several ways, such as;
- Green tea helps treat acne due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.
- Green tea has been found to have groundbreaking findings in the fight against skin cancer. The polyphenols in green tea are agents that can prevent solar UVB disorders in the human skin. This means it can create solutions and treatments for melanoma, non-melanoma, and photoaging skin cancers.
- Green tea might be the quick fix you need for your eye bags. All you need are soaked refrigerated green tea bags placed right on your eye bags for about thirty minutes.
- Research shows that drinking or including green tea in your cosmetics or skin care can combat ageing.
Having a cup of green tea a day seems to be the answer to glowing, acne-free skin. Not only does it positively benefit the skin, but it also impacts our health and tastes quite yummy to boot. There seems to be no downside to adding green tea to your diet or your skincare routine.
Green tea extract can also help with the following conditions and benefit the skin as follows;
– Adrogenetic alopecia
– Atopic dermatitis
– Candidiasis
– Rosacea
– Genital warts
– Keloids
– Fights against premature ageing
– Reduces redness and irritation
– Moisturizes the skin.
– Heals skin damage from sun exposure.
Whether you’re drinking green tea or applying it directly to your skin (topically), you are assured of younger, healthier-looking skin.
