When dealing with dry skin, wounds, or inflammation, looking for a skincare option for respective problems is usually the first presence, right? However, there is one “miracle product” that can help you achieve all the issues.
Yes, manuka honey is a suitable ingredient that has been around for centuries because of its exemplary healing property. In this article, we’ve shared everything about manuka honey that will help you understand how it can help you with almost everything on a skincare spectrum.
Before that, let’s understand “manuka honey.”
Manuka Honey: What is it?
When you hear the term “manuka honey,” it means it’s specially harvested from manuka blossoms, only available in New Zealand. The reason it’s more beneficial than any other available honey is because of the presence of higher concentrations of practical and skin-friendly components. This is why it is often touted as medical-grade manuka honey since it offers many skin-related benefits.
Let’s decode the benefits of manuka honey for your skin.
- Moisturizes Your Skin: Scientifically, sugar is an ingredient that draws in moisture (humectant). And honey is entirely made of this sweet stuff. Further, since manuka honey contains vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids, it accentuates sugar’s properties and helps nourish and hydrate skin. This is why it is quite beneficial for dry skin.
- Helps Alleviating Skin Inflammations: Human skin is generally slightly acidic. So, one needs to balance the pH when it wears for a variety of reasons. Manuka honey has all the ingredients to balance skin pH in cases like blotchy skin, inflamed, or stress-induced breakouts. In fact, it is pretty effective in treating skin wounds and burns as well.
- Great For Acne-prone Skin: While all types of honey have antibacterial properties, Manuka honey also contains methylglyoxal. This ingredient has impressive disinfectant properties and allows it to help people with acne-prone skin.
- Helps Skin in Both Long and Short Term Care: There are primarily two factors that cause aging. One is sun exposure, and the other one is inflammation. So, anything that reduces the implications of these factors has an impact on skin aging, right? But, remember, Manuka honey will help maintain your skin health and function, which will help lower the aging process.
Now you must be thinking, are there any side effects? Honestly, there is none. The only factor you must consider is your skin. If you are allergic to honey, only, in that case, you must avoid manuka honey. So, it is ideal for everyone to manage their routine skin care.
Again, you must be thinking:
Will Manuka Honey Help My Skin Type?
Since it’s pretty versatile, it is rather beneficial for all skin types. While acne-prone skin can benefit from its antibacterial properties, dry skin sufferers can use it to moisturize their skin. It’s even suitable for sensitive skin because of its impeccable anti-inflammatory properties.
Wrapping up
Whether you are looking for general skincare or skin-related treatment, manuka honey helps solve various skin-related issues. Have you used this “miracle ingredient” yet? If not, give it a try once.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
