Micronutrient therapy
| Reduce tallow production and reduce inflammation | |
| Zinksalts are efficient micronutrients in the treatment of inflammatory processes, making them suitable for controlling inflammatory processes in acne. Zinc leads to a reduction in sebaceous gland activity and a normalisation of sebum flow. Zinc also has a strong bacteriostatic effect. Omega-3 fatty acids have an anti-inflammatory effect by inhibiting the omega-6 metabolism and thus reducing the formation of undesirable vasoconstrictive, proaggregatory and inflammatory eicosanoids from arachidonic acid. |
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| Promote skin renewal and epithelial health | |
| Vitamin A plays a central role in the structure, proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells by promoting healthy cell division and supporting the repair of skin damage. Vitamin A also contributes to the maintenance of an intact skin and mucous membrane barrier and thus supports the first defence barrier against microorganisms. Pantothenic acid, in the form of coenzyme A, is necessary for the structure and function of the skin layers as well as for cell renewal. Vitamin B6 is indispensable as coenzyme of transaminases, decarboxylases and deaminases for amino acid metabolism and contributes to the cross-linking of collagen and elastin. Magnesium is a cofactor of 300 different enzymes and is involved in various functions in the organism, whereby magnesium supplementation via the regulation of cofactors also has a positive effect on acne. |
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| Increase antioxidative capacity | |
| Vitamin E is the most important lipophilic antioxidant in the human organism and a component of all biological membranes. As such it protects the polyunsaturated fatty acids of the cell membranes, sometimes also the connective tissue, from oxidation by aggressive oxygen radicals. Vitamin E is transported in large quantities via sebum to the skin surface. The concentration in the skin's surface lipids is reduced by UV radiation. Vitamin C acts in the body as an important water-soluble antioxidant and stimulates collagen and elastin synthesis as well as epidermal differentiation. As an antioxidant compound, vitamin C protects lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and cell membranes from damage by cytotoxic oxygen compounds and recycles used vitamin E. The epidermal content of antioxidant Coenzyme Q10 decreases with increasing age. This also reduces the antioxidant protection and leads to a reduction of collagenase activity. Like vitamin C, CoenzymQ10 can also bring vitamin E radicals back into their active form and thus regenerate (“vitamin E saving effect“). |