New Delhi, September 15 (IANS). Whether coconut is eaten or applied, it is beneficial for the body in both ways. People use coconut water and coconut oil extensively to keep themselves healthy. It is full of moisturizing properties.
Apart from this, saturated fats and many amino acids are found in abundance in it. Due to this quality of coconut oil, coconut oil is used a lot in skin products. Apart from this, coconut oil has many such properties, which can harm your skin. Therefore, before using coconut oil, you should know about its disadvantages.
Dr. Amit Kumar, founder of Shatayu Ayurveda and Panchkarma Center in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, explained coconut oil in detail.
Dr. Amit says that coconut oil is very important for the skin because it has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Several fatty acids present in coconut oil, such as lauric acid and capric acid, are very effective in keeping our skin healthy. Coconut oil has properties to prevent diseases from developing. Meaning it kills the harmful microorganisms that grow on our skin.
Apart from this, coconut oil helps in eliminating skin infections like acne, folliculitis, cellulitis, fungus and bacteria with the help of lauric acid and capric acid present in coconut oil, leaving our skin clean and glowing.
Doctors also warn about it. According to them, “Despite having so many qualities, coconut oil has some factors which are harmful for our skin. Coconut oil is very heavy. Due to which, many times due to its excessive use in beauty products, wrinkles and lines appear on the face. Therefore, excessive use of coconut oil on the body, especially on the face, should be avoided. Also, many times, the use of coconut oil also causes allergies on our skin.
Allergy due to applying coconut oil on the face! Yes, doctors also tell the reason for this. They say that the reason for this is that the trans fat present in coconut oil forms a layer of barrier on the face, due to which the moisture almost stops entering our skin. Our skin starts becoming dry from inside. Therefore, it is important that we identify our skin type and limit the use of coconut oil.
Still, if you want to apply coconut products, then another method can be adopted. And that is face pack. It is said that if you are facing such problems, then it will be better for you to use coconut oil as a face pack. Also, you have to take special care that if your skin is already oily, then you should not apply coconut oil on your face overnight.
Dr. Amit also considers the use of coconut oil as a major reason for pimples on the face.
He says that coconut oil is heavy and due to the presence of trans fat in it, it is comedogenic (causing spots and acne on the face). Due to which it closes the skin pores of our skin. Due to which pimples start appearing on our face. For people with sensitive and oily skin, the use of coconut oil can cause more harm than benefit. Oil production increases in the skin of such people, due to which a lot of acne appears on the face.
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