What are the uses of olive leaf extract for skin care?
Olive leaf extract has been used for therapeutic purposes a long time ago, and now olive leaf extract is being widely used in the fields of medical treatment, beauty, and health care. More and more people with natural ingredients are taking olive leaf extract as a daily health supplement.
Olive leaf extract supplements have various pharmacological effects such as lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, antioxidation, antithrombotic, antibacterial, antiviral, antimicrobial, and anticancer and are widely used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food supplements.
The high content of olive leaf extract oleuropein is mainly used in skin care products, which can protect skin cells from ultraviolet rays, effectively maintain skin tenderness and elasticity, and achieve the effect of skin care and skin rejuvenation.
What are the skincare benefits of olive leaf extract:
1. Antioxidant
Cells coated with pure olive leaf extract were preserved almost intact. Pure olive leaf extract can effectively prevent peroxidation, thereby highly protecting fibroblasts.
2. Repair function
In the process of skin aging, the ability to synthesize collagen gradually decreases, and fibroblasts can only produce a small amount of collagen. Experiments have shown that: olive leaf extract can significantly promote fibroblasts to produce collagen.
3. Anti-glycan reaction
The glycan reaction phenomenon is a reaction that occurs in the cell membrane, which will cause the network of collagen so that the collagen will lose its original elasticity, and the skin will appear sunken, that is, wrinkles. Experiments have shown that: compared with the addition of olive leaf extract and the absence of olive leaf extract, the addition of olive leaf extract plays an important role in the anti-glycan reaction.