| Whilst skin care products generally won't deliver | | | | had vitamin E cream applied to their skin had less signs |
| nutrients deep into the actual living cells beneath the | | | | of inflammation than the group who were given the |
| superficial layers of the skin, the vitamin E in many | | | | lotion without vitamin E. Inflammation is a sign of cell |
| products is actually useful. Scientists have found that | | | | damage, and was measured in this study by the |
| by applying antioxidants to the skin, free radical | | | | amount of blood flow to that area as compared to |
| damage that would normally occur through exposure | | | | normal. This was a placebo controlled, double blind |
| to UV light (say, from the sun), can be prevented or at | | | | study, which means that some people received the |
| least minimized. Vitamin E is a popular ingredient in | | | | lotion with vitamin E, some didn't and neither group |
| many skin care creams. | | | | knew which it was getting. The conclusions these |
| The scientists found that the protective effects of | | | | scientists made were that vitamin E was effective at |
| vitamin E from that period of UV exposure were | | | | preventing the visible signs of aging on skin. |
| apparent 2 and 3 days later. The group of people who | | | | |