1. What is ceramide? What does ceramide do to the skin?
To put it simply: Ceramide 3(commonly known as molecular nails) is a lipid that exists naturally in the skin and is a very important component of the skin barrier (stratum corneum), with a content of up to 40-50%.
The word ceramide should be familiar to many women, but not many people really know its effect. Most of them understand it as a moisturizing ingredient, so today we will come to popularize its effect.
Most of the sources of ceramide are extracted from wheat, and the output is very low, so the price is relatively expensive, but there are also many stars who are pursuing and enthusiastically admiring it. Ceramide itself exists in the stratum corneum of the human body. With age and external factors, the ceramide of the skin will be lost, resulting in a series of skin problems, such as easy skin dryness, dehydration, aging, wrinkles, and pigmentation. etc.
We know that the stratum corneum of the skin has a dense brick-wall structure, and the intercellular lipids are linked together by ceramide, cholesterol, and fatty acids, which lock the skin's moisture, isolate external damage, and resist aging. Wakanda's Safe Ward.
Ceramides are lipids that naturally exist in the skin. Since they are derived from the skin, ceramides can easily penetrate into the skin and combine with the moisture in the stratum corneum to form a network structure that can firmly lock the moisture in the skin. This is why ceramides are more powerful than your average moisturizer.
2. The Importance of Ceramides
When the water content of the epidermal protective layer of our skin is normal, the physiological functions of the epidermis can be effectively maintained. In this physiological lipid layer, ceramide acts as a lipid structural framework and plays a vital role in the protective layer.
Experiments have shown that when the skin is damaged or the skin is aging, the human body's ability to produce ceramide is significantly reduced. If the content of ceramide in the skin protective layer is insufficient, our skin will appear dry, sensitive, chlorosis, flaky rash, peeling and other symptoms, and also lose its healthy luster and elasticity.
It should be noted that ceramide is the name of a large category, and the skin is most likely to be missing and most afraid of missing ceramides 1, 3 and 6. Excessive cleaning of the skin will lead to the loss of ceramide 3, resulting in contact dermatitis; the lack of ceramide 1 and 6 due to external effects or genetic factors will lead to skin diseases such as ichthyosis and psoriasis.
Therefore, if you want to quickly and effectively relieve skin problems and promote epidermal repair, supplementing lipids with a reasonable ratio of ceramides is the fastest way.
Why is it emphasized that it is a lipid with a reasonable ratio of ceramide? That's because only providing ceramide and ignoring the ratio problem will not only fail to protect the skin and improve skin health, but will increase the burden on the skin, and may even aggravate skin problems.
In addition to the function of repairing the skin barrier, ceramide has also been proven in medicine to have anti-tumor, anti-inflammation, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and promote immunity. In terms of cosmetics, more and more merchants are also exploring how to integrate the multiple functions of ceramide into their products.
3. The uniqueness of ceramide
Ceramide is one of the very few ingredients that has a certain molecular weight and can enter the skin barrier through special channels. Through external application, the externally supplemented ceramide can be integrated with the ceramide contained in the skin barrier itself, participate in the regular metabolism of the skin, and help the skin barrier maintain a normal thickness. Therefore, ceramides are very popular in the skin care industry.
So, how should we choose skin care products containing ceramides? Since we cannot clearly know the content of the ingredients in the product, but fortunately, the ingredients in the product ingredient list are arranged from high to low, we can refer to whether the arrangement in the ingredient list is in the following order: ceramide-cholesterol-free fatty acid.
4. The role of ceramide
Moisturizing effect of ceramide: Ceramide is the main component of the stratum corneum of the skin, which can help repair the skin barrier and make the skin soft and shiny. The moisturizing ability is 16 times that of hyaluronic acid, especially for aging dry skin, the moisturizing efficiency is as high as 80%. And it is very easily absorbed by the skin, and can promote the penetration of other nutrients. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, with age, ceramide gradually loses and decreases, and the skin will become dull and dry without it.
Barrier function of ceramides: enough ceramides in the skin can resist external stimuli, but without skin, the skin loses its natural protective function, and external stimuli can directly damage the skin.
The anti-aging effect of ceramides: In addition to being rich in collagen, the tender skin of babies is also full of ceramides. Long-term supplementation of ceramides makes the skin plump and less prone to wrinkles.
Anti-sensitivity effect: Ladies with sensitive skin can choose to use it. Ceramide can repair and thicken the stratum corneum. In simple terms, it fills the cavity of the stratum corneum and improves the tolerance of sensitive muscles, making it less prone to sensitivity and red blood.
The use of ceramides in cosmetics may be due to cost-effectiveness issues. Currently, they are mostly used on the face, including day creams, night creams, and facial essences.
Ceramides are natural moisturizing factors of the skin. If the skin has moisturizing factors, it can maintain the moisture of the skin even in a dry environment without excessive loss.
Ceramide can regenerate keratin protein regularly, promote cell metabolism, and conduct cell information. It is a colorless, transparent, liquid, water-soluble lipid. At the same time, ceramide can protect the skin's moisturizing and moisturizing functions, so it is a very important ingredient in daily skin care.
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