How to Use Vitamin E to Improve Your Skin Condition
Vitamin E can be used in a variety of ways to improve the overall condition of your skin. If you are simply applying vitamin E oil to your skin, though, you may not be getting the full benefits of the vitamin. Make sure that you are doing everything possible for get the most out of vitamin E in your beauty routine. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Exfoliating cleanser
- Facial cloth
- Vitamin E lotion
- Vitamin E oil
- Vitamin E dietary supplements
Instructions
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Take a daily vitamin E supplement. While vitamin E is among the most effective vitamins that can be applied topically (this means to the skin in a liquid form), it is also very helpful to your body from within. Taking a daily vitamin E supplement gives your body and your skin the strength and resources to fight environmental factors like UV rays and free radicals from within so that you naturally heal skin damage before it manifests itself visibly.
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Exfoliate twice a week. Vitamin E is a helpful healer when it comes to scars and stretch marks. However, it is even more effective when paired with regular exfoliation. Depending on how recent your scars are and how sensitive your skin is, you may want to use a micro-bead exfoliating cleanser or a sea-salt or sugar scrub. The latter are more abrasive than the former. Use the cleanser to wash the area thoroughly. Use gentle pressure but do not create welts or red marks. Rinse completely when you are done and then apply the vitamin E treatment. It can be an oil or a lotion. You will be putting the vitamin E on newer, more responsive skin rather than layering it onto dead, less responsive skin.
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Apply vitamin E as a preventative measure. If you have oily skin, you may need to use vitamin E lotion instead. The best way to prevent wrinkles (which are just tiny scars) and stretch marks is to prepare your skin for them with vitamin E. Use either an oil or a lotion each day on your entire body that contains vitamin E. This will keep skin softer and more pliable so that it is less likely to rend or tear.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not exfoliate more than twice a week. You risk developing chronically dry or inflamed skin if you exfoliate too often.
