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The amazing benefits of Rosehip (Rosa Mosqueta) Oil
Rosehip (Rosa Affinis Rubiginosa) is a forest shrub belonging to the family of Roses which grows particularly in the Andean southern part of Chile. The seeds produce an oil with a very high percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
This wild rose is known by the people of Chile as “Rosa Mosqueta“, and by scientists as “Rosa Affinis Rubiginosa”. Rosehip seed oil has healing and beauty properties well known by native Chileans for generations, and recently validated by scientific research worldwide.
Rosa Mosqueta oil improves the texture and quality of skin by increasing its elasticity, and flattens out scarring and improves the colour of scars and surrounding skin.
- Reduce wrinkles and signs of premature ageing. It will also help counter the drying effects of the sun which are usually first noticed in fine wrinkles or “crows feet” around the eyes and mouth.
- Attenuate scars (surgical and accidental) and improves the colour of same (i.e., reduces the redness or hyperpigmentation). It also avoids the formation of the keloid type of scar (lump) which may appear after surgical procedures and helps to make less apparent scars left by acne or chickenpox.
- Provide excellent results in treatment of skin that has been burnt or exposed to radiotherapy.
Rosehip (Rosa Mosqueta) Oil – Recent studies
Premature Ageing
During a two-year study by a team of researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Concepcion, a prestigious university in Chile, the oil was applied to 180 patients with surgical, injury and post-burn scars, as well as to a group suffering from premature ageing. It was found that Rosa Mosqueta (Rosehip Oil) produced an effective regenerative action on the skin, helping to attenuate scars and wrinkles, preventing advancement of premature ageing, and regaining lost colour and tone.
Aged Skin (Photo-ageing)
Changes produced on skin by the action of the sun, i.e. photoaging, are very common in all countries of warm climate. For this study, 20 women with surface wrinkles, brown spots on the eyelids and intensely tanned skin, aged between 25 and 35, who usually spend 3 months of summer in resorts by the beach, were assessed. All applied rosehip oil on the face for four months. Significant changes were noted, starting during the third week. Firstly, surface wrinkles started to disappear, spots started to fade until, by the end of the last month, the disappearance was almost complete. Skin was smooth and fresh and the brown spots had almost disappeared.
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