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daily oral avocado consumption may lead to enhanced elasticity and firmness of the facial skin

he commonly noted characteristics of older skin are increased wrinkles, skin laxity, and pigmented lesions as well as decreases in skin thickness and the elastin and collagen components.2 The study by Kim et al demonstrated a decrease in skin elasticity with age in women and reported that adult skin shows a higher degree of fatigue than young skin.3, 4 Along with neck and forearm, the face shows different aging-related changes compared with other sites of the body because it undergoes photoaging due to the fact that the face is exposed to sunlight much more than other sites.

the skin of diet-induced obese mice to lean mice showed that the abundance of elastic fibers beneath the epidermis was remarkably reduced and fragmented in obese mice compared with lean mice.9

It has been demonstrated that these carotenoids have the ability to reach and concentrate at the skin.13

it was found that intake of saturated and monounsaturated fat increased elasticity and green and yellow vegetables decreased wrinkling.15

After 8 weeks of AVO consumption, the forehead skin showed significant decrease in parameters R0 (increase in firmness), R1 (increase in elasticity), R3 (decrease in tiring), R4 (decrease in tiring), and R8 (increase in firmness) between week 8 and baseline.

We found that daily consumption of one avocado per day for 8 weeks improved firmness (R0 and R8) and elasticity (R1) and reduced tiring of repeat stretching (R3 and R4) of the forehead skin, while elasticity (R7) was also increased in the control group at 8 weeks

There were no significant changes in hydration and sebum formation in both groups in this study. To our knowledge, this is the first study testing the effect of oral avocado consumption on parameters of skin aging.

The participants in this study were not only significantly older but also had elevated BMI and increased abdominal circumferences. Abdominal obesity is known to increase oxidant stress

Interesting to know for us aging wimminz, but from what I hear, avocados are not even remotely ecologically produced.