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Acne and Essential Fatty Acids
Skintactix prides itself on having a very informative website that hopefully allows each of you to gain some knowledge about your health, skin and nutrition. This blog is going to focus on acne and how essential fatty acids play into acne problems.
Let’s start by addressing what essential fatty acids are. They are required by the body and are actually very powerful anti-inflammatory agents. The essential fatty acids you may be familiar with are linoleic acid, omega-6, flaxseed oil and safflower oil, just to name a few.
Many foods now contain less of the essential fatty acids because they are trying to reduce trans fat. Consumption of trans fat leads to breakdown and loss of essential fatty acids. Without essential fatty acids, such as linoleic acid, sebaceous glands produce sebum with oleic acid which is more irritating and drier. Linoleic oil is preferred as this type of oil is a normal component to sebum. With increased oleic acid, it promotes blockage in the follicle which leads to blackheads and whiteheads. Therefore, it is very important to not have a deficiency in lineolic acid or other essential fatty acids.
Skintactix products can be beneficial as they linoleic acid, but proper nutrition is also necessary to control the speed of recovery and reduce the amount of whiteheads and blackheads that appear. For more information about essential fatty acids, visit our website!
