Are you taking Vitamin E supplements? If yes, excellent! Now you just need some on your skin.
Vitamin E is essential antioxidant #2. He’s the guy who knocks out the Lipid Peroxide radical, and this radical is NOT nice. Lipid Peroxide attacks the lipids in your epidermis.
What’s a Lipid, you ask? A lipid is basically a fatty substance. Lipids are important for your skin. If there is not enough of it, your skin gets dry and becomes vulnerable to small fissures, which can lead to irritation or even infection. Many of you have probably experienced dry, flaky, red, itchy, or irritated skin at some point in your life. For those of you with sensitive or reactive skin, this is probably a daily discomfort.
Well, lipids play a critical role in creating a strong, resilient, protective barrier to the outside elements. It also makes your skin smooth and soft. If you are sensitive or dry, it is crucial your lipid levels are not compromised. You need to protect those lipids with Vitamin E.
Unfortunately, Vitamin E has a very short life. It can only knock out one radical at a time. Then it becomes inactive. That’s where Vitamin C comes in. Vitamin C regenerates Vitamin E so that Vitamin E can go back to work fighting another radical.
So you see, they make a great team. Look for Vitamin C and Vitamin E in skin care products because their antioxidant effect is much greater when they are together.
The Vitamin E snapshot is a convenient overview of everything you need to know, including tips and warnings.
