Dry skin problems can go from bad to worse when they are treated with products that create free radicals. While you need to moisturize dry skin, you need to do it with ingredients that don’t suffocate the skin or promote free radicals. Today’s creams and lotions for dry skin can contain ingredients, even some natural ones that are hydrogenated oils, which can cause free radical damage. Stick with moisturizers that use natural oils that are not heated and made into hydrogenated oils to avoid the creation of free radicals.

Free radicals are actually unstable oxygen molecules that are missing an electron in their outer orbits. These molecules have to find a missing electron to complete them and they do it by taking one out of a healthy cell. This can cause inflammation and premature aging of the skin. If you are suffering from dry skin problems, free radicals can wreak even further damage to your skin.

To undo the damage you need to make sure your skin products have antioxidants in them. These go around and help clean up the free radicals by donating free electrons without damaging any of your cells. Most antioxidants are plant-based. Some vitamins are great antioxidants, particularly vitamin C and E. Many natural oils contain these vitamins and are themselves a source of great antioxidants as they are extracted from plants rich in antioxidants.

If you treat your dry skin with moisturizers that do promote free radicals, you can trade one set of problems for another: dry skin problems for premature skin aging. In more severe cases, the presence of too many free radicals can lead to skin cancer. The way to avoid this is to stick with natural plant-based products that are pure and not hydrogenated.

Check the ingredients in your skin care products, especially:

• Creams dry skin
• Product dry skin
• Dry skin cleanser

Skin Original is pure natural oil that is not hydrogenated and remains in liquid form. It is plant-based from a combination of a variety of natural oils, all of which are beneficial to the skin. Some deeply moisturize dry skin problems and others treat acne. Some of the oils contain natural antioxidants. Unlike other products, like some Eucerin dry skin products which contain hydrogenated castor oils, Skin Original maintains only the liquid form of its product so when you are moisturizing your skin, you are also giving it special protection against free radicals. This will help to keep the skin looking younger for longer periods of time.