Green tea in skin care

☕️Green tea is a popular skin care ingredient. It has multiple benefits and is well tolerated.

☕️Green tea contains polyphenols known as catechins which are a powerful antioxidant and prevents free radical formation.

☕️Green tea is made by processing fresh leaves using heat or hot steam immediately after collection. This minimises any oxidation process.
Green tea can be taken orally or applied in a serum formulation on the skin .

☕️Green tea extract or EGCG when applied on the skin has antioxidant, UV protective, anti-aging, anti inflammatory and immunomodulative effects. It also potentiate wound healing and skin repair . It also improves skin hydration and protects against skin wrinkling.

☕️High doses of green tea did show side effects. Not recommended to drink more than 5 cups of green tea. More than 8 cups can cause side effects like headache, insomnia and palpitation due to increased caffeine content.

Further reading:
📚Xu FW et al. Beneficial Effects of Green Tea on Skin Wound Healing: A Comprehensive Review. Molecules. 2021 Oct 11;26(20):6123. doi: 10.3390/molecules26206123.
📚Katiyar SK et al. Green tea and skin. Arch Dermatol. 2000 Aug;136(8):989-94. doi: 10.1001/archderm.136.8.989.
📚Jagdeo J, et al.Novel Vitamin C and E and Green Tea Polyphenols Combination Serum Improves Photoaged Facial Skin. J Drugs Dermatol. 2021 Sep 1;20(9):996-1003. doi: 10.36849/jdd.5818..
📚Kim E et al. Skin Protective Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Jan 6;19(1):173. doi: 10.3390/ijms19010173.
📚Kim E et al. Skin Protective Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Jan 6;19(1):173. doi: 10.3390/ijms19010173.

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