Can squalane oil be used for skin barrier damage
Jun 13, 2024
Can squalane oil be used for skin barrier damage? Squalane oil can be used to repair damaged skin barriers, but it depends on the type of skin and the extent of damage. Squalane essence oil has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties that can protect the skin from the external environment, promote skin repair and recovery, improve the skin's water and oil balance, and improve skin elasticity and shine. Because squalane essence oil is oily, oily skin can be used appropriately, but dry skin should be used cautiously, so as not to aggravate the dry and tight skin.
Squalane is a kind of hydrocarbon oil with excellent properties, which is hydrogenated from squalene extracted from deep-sea shark liver, so it is also known as deep-sea shark liver oil. Scientific research has found that squalane is one of the few animal oils with high chemical stability, excellent use, good affinity to the skin, does not cause allergy and irritation, and can accelerate the penetration of other active ingredients in the formula into the skin; It has low polarity and medium spreading property, and is pure, colorless and odorless; It can also inhibit the growth of mold. Squalane is one of the components of skin interfat, in short, sebum membrane, which is one of the components of the skin's outermost water-locking defense layer, that is, squalane can help build sebum membrane, enhance the skin's own moisture and water-locking ability, moisturize the skin, and strengthen the skin's immunity.
Squalane oil can be used in the last step of skin care because as an oil, squalane oil is actually very effective when used in the last step of skin care. Squalane oil can also be used after the serum, followed by squalane oil, and finally cream on top.

