The Many Benefits Of CICA : Why Is It The Best Skin Repair Ingredient
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Achieving a clear skin is no less than a skin heaven for us skin fanatics. All of us skin sleuths know that a clear skin can only be achieved by maintaining a shield to disabling desiccation by keeping the moisturisation in and kicking out the external irritants from the skin’s surface. Want to know how the skin barrier works? Take our skin cells as bricks which constitute a wall. Usage of cement further strengthens the stack of bricks which hampers any movement through this concrete barrier. The cement here are lipids, healthy fats and ceramides which collates healthy skin cells creating a formidable wall i.e., skin barrier. This is the ‘Brick Wall Analogy’.
Cica or Centella Asiatica or ‘Gotu Kola’ in the local vernacular comes from the Parsley family, has a prominent fan-shape and grows in and around water native to the Asian-Pacific region. Rich in antioxidants, amino acids and vitamins A,C & B, it calms and soothes the skin making it suitable for sensitive skin and highly beneficial for treating skin irritation and inflammation.
It has a number of benefits like-

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