Description

Calendula is  used as a complementary or alternative treatment. Calendula oil has anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties that might make it useful in healing wounds, soothing eczema, and relieving diaper rash. It’s also used as an antiseptic.

           Skin Benefits of Calendula Oil

 Calendula Is Anti-Inflammatory

Calendula has anti-inflammatory properties and can help calm redness and inflammation and ease skin discomfort.

In addition to being soothing for any type of skin, this means that Calendula can provide some relief from conditions like eczema or diaper rash.

If you or your little one deals with eczema-prone skin, keep in mind that eczema is a complicated condition, and your goal will be to avoid flare-ups and stay comfortable.

 Calendula Moisturizes Your Skin

Your skin has a natural barrier that helps keep hydration in and undesirables (like pollution and irritants) out. This barrier can become compromised for a variety of reasons and leave you with dry skin that’s easily irritated.

These are the times your skin needs a little extra help by way of a good moisturizer that aids in repairing its barrier.

Calendula contains fatty acids that help to moisturize and hydrate your skin. That means calendula can help you kick dry skin to the curb!

 Calendula Can Help Delay Skin Aging

 

“Calendula Extract: Effects On Mechanical Parameters Of Human Skin,” notes that in the study, calendula increased the hydration of the skin, which “may also prevent skin alteration and early aging.”

They also note that “it was found that the formulation had the ability of inducing skin tightness which prevents the damage of skin and also delays the aging process.”

Calendula Is Gentle

 

We’ve mentioned that calendula is anti-inflammatory, hydrating, anti-aging, and promotes wound healing through antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.

But what we love most about calendula is that it provides all those benefits while being extremely gentle on your skin!

It’s so gentle that it’s safe for babies as well as folks with sensitive skin. That’s why you’ll find calendula in products like diaper cream, baby lotion, and those for adults with delicate skin.

Scalp Treatment

Discussions about the skin should not exclude the skin beneath our hair, the scalp. Calendula oil is an excellent scalp moisturizer. It also has antibacterial and antifungal properties, making it suitable to treat dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis. It also helps hydrate the scalp and helps reduce itching. But it does one more thing: it can promote hair growth by reducing inflammation of the scalp. Despite scalp treatment falling under hair care, calendula oil benefits extend to the scalp.

Functions As Sunscreen

Every dermatologist agrees on one thing: sun protection! Sunscreen functions as an extra layer of protection for the body by reflecting away or absorbing harmful ultra-violet rays of the sun. Calendula oil has some sun-protecting properties. In a study, Calendula oil was found to have an equivalent of SPF 14. You should definitely shoot for SPF 30 in your sunscreen and reapply every 2 hours if you are out in the sun.