It may not be as big as pharmaceuticals, but ingredients from food and health foods can also bring a breath of fresh air to the industry.
Excessive active oxygen and free radicals, whether in the body or on the skin surface, are natural enemies of health and beauty. Plant polyphenols commonly found in health foods: including proanthocyanidins, tea polyphenols, various flavonoids, etc. can help our body resist free radicals.
When it comes to where the main battlefield is, I think that direct contact with sunlight and external pollutants on the skin surface will induce the production of a large amount of free radicals. There is also a unique problem of sebum peroxidation on the skin surface; the problems caused by oxidation are also particularly obvious. , appear dull skin, sagging, spots, etc. So skin is a crucial battlefield.
