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Skin

Face oils, plant extracts and the claims made for them, graded against the research. Start with dryness, scars or sensitivity, or browse everything below.

19 articles · 12 botanicals

Everything on skin

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    • Skin

    Rosehip

    Rosehip oil for your face: what it can and can’t do

    Rosehip oil has components that plausibly help dry, rough skin and may aid wound-related healing in lab and animal work; human evidence for scars, stretch marks and aging is limited and often comes from combinations or oral products rather than straight topical oil.

    4 min read

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    • Skin

    Prickly pear

    Prickly pear seed oil: the most expensive oil in your cabinet, examined

    Prickly pear seed oil is chemically distinctive—very high in linoleic acid and γ-tocopherol—but most evidence for skin benefit comes from lab and animal work; robust human trials comparing it to cheaper oils are absent. (See composition and extraction studies.)

    4 min read