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Green Tea extract
You hear a lot on the benefits of green tea and green tea extract for preventing cancer, protecting the skin from UV radiation and preventing the collagen cross-linking that causes wrinkles, and green tea extract is a powerful anti-oxidant when you drink it, but is it any good when applied to skin?
Yes, it seems it is. It seems to increase the skin's elasticity if you use it while taking oral green tea supplements.
Scientific study on green tea cream and supplements
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Double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of green tea extracts in the clinical and histologic appearance of photoaging skin by Chiu AE, Chan JL, Kern DG, Kohler S, Rehmus WE, Kimball AB. (Department of Dermatology, Emory University, USA.)
Green tea extract is a popular ingredient in anti-aging creams. It has important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, and research suggests these help prevent UV damage from sun exposure.
We wanted to see what the effect on aging skin would be if you used Green Tea skin cream and took Green Tea orally as well.
40 women with moderately sun damaged aging skin had either 10% Green Tea cream plus 600mg per day orally, or a placebo for two months. ...when the skin was checked for elasticity the treated skin did show an improvement.
See also Green Tea Benefits.
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