Rosemary oil for your skin
Rosemary oil is a popular ingredient in aromatherapies and hair care products, in which it is credited with stimulating hair follicles and promoting faster growing, thicker hairs. However, recently rosemary extract has also become more common in acne treatments and products designed for the reduction of acne scars.
So why are more skin care products using rosemary? Herbal oils in general have come into greater use in western acne treatments in recent years, and the benefits of rosemary oil make it an easy choice for topical acne treatments. Rosemary is considered one of the most popular of the “essential oils”. Its main benefits for the purposes of skin care include: Stimulating enhanced circulation, which enables small wounds to heal faster; moisturizing dried out skin cells (it is an oil, after all); reducing inflammation, which both makes acne blemishes less noticeable and aids in healing; as well as promoting a more even skin tone, enhancing cellular respiration, and working as a mild antioxidant.
That’s a long list of benefits attributed to rosemary oil. So is it a miracle cure? Of course not. As with virtually all herbal treatments, most of these benefits fall into the “mildly effective” category, and are generally more noticeable against mild acne. However, rosemary oil makes for a helpful side addition in other topical treatments, especially since it works both as a moisturizer and detoxifying agent.
