Essential fatty acids (EFAs), vitamins and other nutrients function together to maintain a healthy body. Vitamins function as both hormones and antioxidants. Vitamins also regulate the growth of both cells and tissue. EFAs can also affect cell signaling and regulate swelling.

As the largest organ in the body, the skin also depends on the proper amount of vitamin and EFA intake to maintain a healthy state. Luckily, there is a product in nature that contains both vitamins (in this case, vitamin A) and EFAs. Nature gives us Rose Hip Oil, an oil that has been proven to improve different skin types and problems.

Rose Hip Oil is made from the seeds located within the hips of a wild rose bush that grows in the fertile, rainy plains of the Southern Andes of Chile. Chileans know it as 'Rosa Mosqueta' while it is scientifically known as 'Rosa Affinis Rubiginosa'. This oil has been used in cosmetic and dermatologic products for more than 25 years.

It works great to alleviate dry skin. Retin-A, an often-recommended acne therapy, is made from vitamin A. Less potent, over-the-counter solutions, retinols, are sold and used as anti aging skin cream products.

Vitamin A in Rose Hip Oil

If your vitamin A levels are within the normal range, taking additional supplements probably won't have much of an impact on your skin. You will, however, see the effects of improper vitamin A levels in your complexion, leaving your skin dry and flaky. That's because vitamin A is necessary for the maintenance and healing of skin tissue. Without it, you'll notice a difference. Fruits and vegetables are filled with vitamin A. It is the concentrated topical vitamin A, however, that will cause the greatest difference in your skin.

Medical studies demonstrated a reduction in fine lines and wrinkles, good acne alleviation, and some psoriasis relief, all from using skin care products including this nutrient. Rose Hip Oil is the natural skin care product that research has shown to contain a highly bio available form of vitamin A, specifically trans-retinoic acid. Applying Rose Hip Oil directly on the skin leads reverses the damaging effects of aging and photo aging.

Because Rose Hip Oil contains bio-available trans-retinoic acid, it is an alternative for the trade marked medications Retin-A, Renova, Tretinoin (also in the market with many different names) which alleviate dry, sun flawed and wrinkled skin, without the drug's side effects. As Rose Hip Oil also contains essential fatty acids, this oil also helps the body maintain healthy skin.

Rose Hip Oil and Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)

Essential fatty acids are important in the formation of our skin's intrinsic oil barrier; if lacking, our skin can be flaky, become inflamed easily and form white and/or black heads. If your body does not have the right supply of EFAs, it begins to create a harsher form of sebum (oil), which is a root cause for many acne problems.

The main ingredient in Rose Hip Oil is a biological form of topical vitamin A with regenerative and distinctive anti-inflammatory effects. This bio skin care product improves blood irrigation, skin regeneration and our bodies' natural ability to develop new tissue.

Lab tests are now showing that trans-retinoic acid can actually prevent your skin from damages caused by the sun. It has been discovered that even brief exposure to ultraviolet radiation without protection increases the damaging activity of certain enzymes that destroy collagen and elastin, two proteins that help provide firmness to our skin. Trans-retinoic acid helps prevent the activation of these enzymes.

There is also evidence of cicatrizing and healing properties of Rose Hip Oil on scars, even those in the dermal layer or caused by surgery. Additionally, it also reduces hyper-pigmentation, smoothes away hypertrophia (scar overgrowth) and relaxes fibrous chords. These actions combined reduce almost completely even the most stubborn scars.