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Jojoba
Jojoba isn’t an oil, and why that matters for your skin
Jojoba is chemically a liquid wax made largely of wax esters, the same lipid class that contributes substantially to human sebum. That chemical kinship and jojoba’s compositional stability explain many of its practical advantages, but controlled human trials showing it ‘balances’ oil production are lacking.
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