Description
How does it work?
Allantoin, also known as aluminum dihydroxy allantoinate, is an extract from the comfrey plant, which is native to temperate climates of Asia.
It has potent healing and soothing properties, and for centuries comfrey leaves were used to help heal minor skin injuries and swelling. Additionally, it can be found in a variety of plants such as beets, chamomile, wheat sprouts, and even tobacco seeds.
Adding with Vit c and E makes L-ascorbic keratolytic, which means it exfoliates dead skin it helps desquamation, the shedding of the outermost membrane or layer of tissue from the inside outImproves skin dullness: Allantoin promotes cell proliferation and supports overall “remodeling,”
“If the skin is stressed by the usual and customary list of offenders, then the skin is going to try to repair itself as opposed to having more cells turn over,” she explains. “What we want to do with the epidermis is to have it constantly exfoliating itself and having more cells be produced because that’s how you get a faster transit time of the epidermal cells.
As people get older, then that transit time from the base layer of the epidermis to the top layer takes longer, and also the skin is stressed, and those are some of the causes of dull, dry skin, too. This is going to help with that cell proliferation
Taking full advantage of allantoin’s wound-healing benefits, this gel has been reported to soften the texture and discoloration of skin injuries. With the added ingredient panthenol (provitamin B5), it can effectively smooth and rebuild