Coconut oil for a healthy shining and vibrant skin
By A. Minocha MD, author: Guide to Alternative Medicine and the Digestive System
Coconutoil is widely used for skin and hair care in Eastern cultures especially India and is believed to have skin healing and nurturing properties.
Nevin et al from University of Kerala examined the skin wound healing properties of topical (local) application virgin coconut oil in animals.
Design of coconutoil skin study: Skin wound injury model in rats was used. Skin wound injury was created experimentally. 24 hours later the wound was treated with 0.5 or 1 ml of the virgin cocnut oil for 10 days. There no application on the skin wounds of control rats.
Results of coconutoil skin study: Examination of skin wounds indicated a much rapid epithelization and healing of the wounds in the coconut oil group. This was accompanied by a greater collagen cross-linking and higher turnover of collagen.The level of antioxidant enzyme activities was higher at 10 days and returned to normal by day 14 in the coconut oil treated group.
Antioxidant enzyme activities, and reduced glutathione and malondialdehyde levels were found to be increased on the 10th day after wounding, which were found to have returned to normal levels on day 14 in the treated wounds. In addition, the treated wounds had lower lipid peroxide levels as compared to controls.
Histopathological examination of the wound tissue showed that wounds treated with coconut oil had higher fibroblast proliferation and neovascularization.
Conclusions of coconutoil skin study: The beneficial skin caring effect of virgin coconut oil is due to the overall effect of multiple biologically active compunds present in it.
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