Benefits of sesame seeds on the skin.

Sesame seed oil carries fatty and linoleic acids, making the oil the perfect skin moisturizer, also the presence of vitamin E, D and B complex makes it very effective against scars and inflammation on your skin. Because of the properties the oil possesses many cosmetic companies add it as one of the major ingredients in their products. 

Some of the major benefits include: 

1: Repair of damaged skin cells: 

The sesame seed oil is thick and sticky, thus it could easily be absorbed by your skin, giving the nutrients enough time to work on your skin before it evaporates. Being a perfect moisturizer, it helps the skin retain moisture, so the damaged skin cells are exposed to just enough moisture to revive themselves. 

2: It works as a sunscreen:

Sometimes, we usually don’t get the kind of protection we need from chemical based sunscreen, as some of them instead of protecting the skin from the sun, it comes with side effects. Sesame seeds naturally possess vitamin E, so they act as a natural sunblock, and moisturizing your skin too while it protects it from the sun. 

3: It is anti-inflammatory: 

Sesame seeds possess antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, so they are very helpful in dealing with patchy skin, acne and breakouts on your skin and the face especially. 

4: Deals with skin dryness:

Sesame seed possesses fatty acids, making it a good moisturizer, so if your skin is experiencing dryness, the sesame seed oils will do justice to your dry skin by adequately providing for your skin the moisture it needs to deal with the dryness. 

5: It has anti-aging properties: 

Sesame seeds possess anti-aging properties that are effective on the body even when they are eaten. The oil when used on the face, as part of its anti-aging process it deals with wrinkles on the face.

6: It has healing properties: 

Especially for people with cracked heels, the sesame seed oil helps in healing cracked heels when applied consistently on the affected heels overnight for three consecutive nights. It also helps heal breakouts on the skin, and continues the healing process to taking out the scars gradually until there is no trace of a previous injury on the skin.