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Benefits of Green Tea Serum

Apr 24, 2013 | 11:06 AM

You might be frustrated, having spent hundreds of dollars to try endless kinds of skincare products. Maybe you are one of the irritated seekers who have given up and say nothing works. Skin care does work. It’s the cosmetic ingredient and the quality, not the brand name, that makes it effective.

This article is for the ones looking for skin care for anti aging, acne, rosacea or facial redness, sun damage or sun protection. A green tea serum is like water on a desert for all of these skin quality issues. Let’s look at why.

Green tea is an antioxidant. That means it has anti aging properties. Aging skin also benefits from green tea because of its beneficial effects on elastin.

Since it’s an anti-inflammatory, it also soothes rosacea, facial redness, and acne. Acne skin also benefits because of green tea’s antibacterial properties.

Studies show some improvement for sun damaged skin as well. Also, when used under sunscreen, it makes the UV protection of the sunscreen more effective. This is great news for people who have sun spots, age spots or pregnancy mask that blooms when the sun shows up.

Last but not least, if you are worried about skin cancer, green tea can reduce that possibility.

Once caution: don’t drink copious amounts of green tea and go easy on the green tea capsules. It can be toxic when consumed in high doses.

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