Skin care and stretch mark tips
Virgin coconut oil is the perfect moisturizer. -It can be used to soften dry and scaly skin which is often susceptible to infections. It also prevents unsightly pimples and can be used as lip balm.Virgin coconut oil will keep your skin young-looking- It strengthens connective tissues so wrinkles and sagging of the skin is prevented. Dead cells on the outer surface of the skin are removed, making your skin glow.
Virgin coconut oil prevents the sunò€™s damaging effects. Its antioxidant properties will prevent skin from sagging and eliminate wrinkles. Age spots and skin cancer usually caused by the sunò€™s harmful rays is also avoided. Coconut oil is actually an ingredient of many suntan lotions.
Virgin coconut oil has antimicrobial properties.-It helps prevent bacterial and fungal infections. The MCFAò€™s when broken down into free fatty acids can kill disease-causing organisms like bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Reminders:
Apply a small amount of virgin coconut oil and reapply it as often as necessary. The skin will not be able to absorb the oil if you apply too much oil at once as the skin becomes saturated.
In extremely dry skin, apply a generous amount then cover your skin loosely with plastic (it is advisable to use Tegaderm, a waterproof, self adhesive bandage). Do this every night before sleeping.
The best time to massage the oil on your skin is after taking a bath.Virgin coconut oil is also great for the hair. Amanda George, a hairstylist from New York says, she massage two teaspoons of warm coconut oil (submerge the bottle of virgin coconut oil in warm water) on her hair before sleeping then rinse it in the morning. It also helps control dandruff.
Virgin coconut oil helps stretch marks
Plz try out virgin coconut oil to remove stretch marks it contains Vitamin E
It has been a long time tradition here in south india to use virgin coconut oil on an expanding pregnant belly. Apply every day especially after a shower, while still wet. It is also very beneficial to hair after the beach, or before if your hair gets dried out in the salt water. I recommend using MeritVCO ,I already had stretch marks and mine have faded since using this oil. Good luck and congratulations to having beautiful skin!!