Old people look old because their skin stops producing collagen \u2014 or, possibly, because they are full of spiteful regret for a life poorly lived, an existence misspent in the pursuit of frivolous things. Younger people look old because their skin was ravaged by something. It\u2019s the sun, mostly, but also stress, overeating, boozing, or \u2014 cue the New Age health solutions music!\u2014 an onslaught of rampaging free radicals.<\/p>\n
If you want good skin that looks young(ish), the best technique is to stay out of the sun. That isn\u2019t good enough, and so we have a beauty and cosmetic industry that promises to either delay one of the above inevitable outcomes, or to fool other peoples\u2019 eyes into thinking it hasn\u2019t already happened.<\/p>\n
There is some science at work here. Most skincare products marketed as \u201canti-aging\u201d are generally just delivery mechanisms for antioxidants. Antioxidants are anything that inhibits oxidation. Common antioxidants in living organisms include vitamin C or A, which your body should have enough of already if you maintain a healthy diet.<\/p>\n
But an Australian company working on a \u201cCBD-rich anti-aging cream\u201d believe it\u2019s found evidence that super-cannabinoid CBD is an antioxidant \u2014 and that thus, CBD is the secret ingredient in cosmetic and healthcare products that will keep you (looking) young in defiance of your years and bad lifestyle choices. But is it legit?<\/p>\n
This is\u00a0CBD<\/a>\u00a0we\u2019re talking about, so the honest answers are \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d and \u201cmaybe,\u201d with an additional \u201cother stuff that is already well known and widely available may work just as well, if not better.\u201d But since neither skepticism nor caution can compete for pageviews with a potential fountain of youth, here are the details.<\/p>\n Business Insider\u2019s Australia edition was first to the news<\/a>\u00a0that a three-year research project by the University of Technology Sydney and Bod Australia has turned up a new \u201cfamily of proteins in human cells that acting as anti-ageing [sic] agents.\u201d<\/p>\n Having made this discovery, \u201cBOD and UTS are [now] exploring the combination of those proteins with CBD in topical anti-ageing creams,\u201d the BI item posted last week reported. Adele Hosseini, Bod\u2019s chief scientific officer, also went one step further. In an interview with BI, she made the additional claim that \u201cCBD by itself does have some antioxidant properties as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately for Bod, they\u2019re a bit late to the punch. There are already numerous anti-aging skin creams with CBD in them available on the market, in drugstores as well as through Amazon or other online retailers.<\/p>\n And though most CBD users appear to be attempting to solve pain<\/a>, anxiety, depression and insomnia before having the time and space to worry about their youthful appearance, cannabis\u2019s value as a general anti-oxidant is already relatively well-known.<\/p>\n \u201cCannabis is filled with antioxidants, like vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin E, all of which will be helpful in preventing damage and premature crepe-iness under your eyes,\u201d Boston-area dermatologist Joyce Imahiyerobo-Ip\u00a0told Marie Claire in a 2017 interview<\/a>. (The author of that piece went on a \u201cCBD-only\u201d beauty-care product \u201cdiet\u201d for a month \u2014 and absolutely loved it, for what that\u2019s worth.)<\/p>\n This means that all cannabis, not just a concoction that includes a hemp-derived CBD extract, might help preserve the skin. This also means that you could get antioxidants from cannabis, or a product that contains cannabis or a cannabis extract, like CBD, or you could get antioxidants from somewhere else entirely.<\/p>\n This also means that the value of CBD-rich anti-aging products might be debatable \u2014 not because they don\u2019t work (they might!) but because other products that are cheaper or more widely available may work just as well as the\u00a0$89.99 \u201cDefynt CBD Skin Serum\u201d sold by Kush Queen,<\/a>\u00a0or the CBD anti-aging cream \u201cwith apple stem cells\u201d sold by Kushly<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maybe the best fact to keep in mind here is the\u00a0finding that 80% of all \u201cextrinsic skin damage\u201d is caused by exposure to the sun, with alcohol intake, bad diet, stress, and damage from free-radicals making up the rest.<\/a>\u00a0If shopping for CBD skin creams keeps you mellow \u2014 and keeps you inside, and away from the sun \u2014 you just may find that it benefits, if not in the way you (or the product you\u2019re buying) anticipate.<\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, do you use any beauty products to help you stay looking young?<\/p>\n The post Does Cannabis Keep You Young?<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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