Having aging skin is an inevitable skin symptom. It’s one of the skin conditions that you or I can’t avoid as we grow older. But is there anything you can do to prevent skin aging from happening earlier than it should? Have you wonder why do you have aging skin in the first place? Is there anything you do about it?

When the skin loses its oil content, sudden dryness of the skin can occurs. This reduces elasticity of your skin. Our skin possesses a very unique feature in that skin cells renews on its own. When new skin cells are not replacing the older skin which sheds off, skin aging occurs.

Most of the time, the sun is the main culprit. Although the sun can give our body more important vitamin D, over exposure to the burning rays of the sun tends to damage your skin fibre. Hence, it’s important to take precautions and wear sunscreen at all times.

Besides anti-aging creams, supplement and expensive surgical treatments to treat aging skin, you can also turn to therapeutic benefits of essential oils. An essential oil is tiny liquid that is blend easily with derivatives oil from vegetable and nuts. They can help to to penetrate your skin’s dermis and stimulate new cell production- which is valuable to replace lost skin cells.

Here’s a list useful essential oils to help repel the effects of skin aging.

a. Franckincense

b. Neroli

c. Fennel

d. Geranium

e. Patchouli

f. Myrrh

g. Rose otto

h. Palmarosa

i. Roman Chamomile

Besides being able to rebuild aging skin, these essentials oils can aid cell reproduction and minimise visibility of stretch marks and scars. It contains restorative molecules that are good for deep wrinkles and fine lines as well.

However, take note that if your skin is very sensitive, usage of this essential oil can result in possible allergic reactions. Hence, it’s advisable to test a little dap of oil on a small spot area of your skin before applying it onto other areas of your body.