Nutrients such as vitamins and essential fatty acids (EFA) are a basic element of a healthy body. Vitamins function as antioxidants and hormones. They are also responsible for regulating cell and tissue growth. EFAs can also affect cell signaling and regulating swelling.

Since the skin is the largest organ in the body, the proper intake of vitamins and EFAs, will have an effect on its state.

There is one natural product that contains both vitamins (vitamin A in this case) and EFAs. This product is Rose Hip Oil and it has been shown to have a positive affect on different skin types and skin problems.

Rose hip Oil is taken from the seeds inside the hips of a wild rose-bush that grows in the lush rainy valleys of the southern Andes Mountains of Chile. It is known by the Chileans as "Rosa Mosqueta", and by researchers as Rosa Affinis Rubiginosa. And has been in the cosmetic and dermatology industry since its finding for over 25 years already.

It works great to relieve dry skin. The recommended treatment for acne named Retin-A is derived from vitamin A. The less potent, over-the-counter solutions are sold as retinols and used as anti-aging treatments.

Rose Hip Oil and Vitamin A.

If your vitamin A levels are within the normal range, adding more probably will not have much of an impact on your skin. That said, if those levels drop even a bit below usual, you are likely to observe some skin-related symptoms, including a dry, flaky look. That's because vitamin A is vital for the maintenance and healing of skin tissue. Without it, you'll notice a difference. Fruits and vegetables are filled with vitamin A.

Topical vitamin A is the form that yields a real difference in your skin.

Medical studies show a reduction in fine lines and wrinkles, good acnealleviation, and some psoriasis relief, all from using skin care products containing this nutrient. Rose Hip Oil is the biological skin care product that research has shown to have a highly bio-available type of Vitamin A, specifically trans-retinoic-acid. Locally used Rose Hip Oil causes a "reversal of skin ailments produced by chronologic aging and photoaging."

Because Rose Hip Oil contains biological bio-available trans retinoic acid, it is a substitute for the trade marked medications Retin-A, Renova, Tretinoin, (also available with many different names), which alleviates dry, sun flawed and wrinkles in aging skin, without the drug's negative effects. Rose Hip Oil also contains essential fatty-acids which help keep healthy skin.

Rose Hip Oil and Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs).

If your skin is dry, prone to inflammation, and usually dotted with white heads and black heads, you may be lacking essential fatty acids, elements that are vital to the production of skin's innate oil barrier. Without an adequate supply of EFAs, the skin produces a more harsh type of sebum, or oil, which can result in problems.

The active ingredient in Rose Hip Oil is a biological type of topical Vitamin-A with regenerative and distinctive anti-inflammatory effects. Improves blood irrigation, increases the epidermis regeneration and the capacity to create new tissue as a consequence of an acceleration of the specialization of the keratin.

There is also evidence that trans-retinoic-acid actually avoids sun damage. Scientists have discovered that even brief exposure to sunlight rises the activity of enzymes that break down the proteins collagen and elastin that provide structural firmness for the skin. Products containing trans-retinoic-acid minimize the activation of these enzymes.

Scientific research has also verified the cicatrizing action of Rose Hip Oil and its healing effects on accidental, dermal and post-surgery scarring. It reduces hyper-pigmentation, flattens hypertrophia (bulky scars) and loosens up fibrous chords. All these effects end up in an almost complete reduction of scars.