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This is part 1 of a four part series on skin care ingredients to bring you information on which skin care ingredients are good and which ones you should avoid for particular types of skin.

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The following information is for oily, sensitive, pigmented and wrinkled facial skin. Look for these ingredients in the skin care products you buy to get the maximum benefits.

Good Skin Care Ingredients

1. To lessen acne:

• Benzoyl peroxide
• Retinol
• Salicylic acid (beta hydroxy acid, or BHA)
• Tea tree oil
• Zinc

2. To reduce inflammation:

• Aloe vera
• Arnica
• Calendula
• Chamomile
• Colloidal oatmeal
• Cucumber
• Dexpanthenol (pro-vitamin B5)
• Epilobium
• Feverfew
• Green tea
• Licochalone
• Perilla leaf extract
• Pycnogenol (a pine bark extract)
• Red algae
• Thyme
• Evening primrose oil
• Trifolium pretence (red clover)
• Zinc

3. To prevent or lighten dark spots:

• Arbutin
• Bearberry extract
• Cucumber
• Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice extract)
• Hydroquinone
• Mulberry extract
• Niacinamide

4. To prevent wrinkles:

• Alpha lipoic acid
• Basil
• Caffeine
• Carrot extract
• Copper peptide
• Coenzyme Q10
• Cucumber
• Curcumin (tetrahydracurcumin or turmeric)
• Ferulic acid
• Feverfew
• Ginger
• Ginseng
• Grape seed extract
• Green tea, white tea
• Idebenone
• Lutein
• Lycopene
• Pomegranate
• Pycnogenol (a pine bark extract)
• Rosemary
• SilymarinT
• rifolium pretense, fabaceae (red clover)
• Yucca

Skin Care Ingredients to Avoid

1. If you get acne regularly:

• Cinnamon oil
• Cocoa butter
• Cocos nucifera (coconut oil)
• Isopropyl isostearate
• Isopropyl myristate
• Peppermint oil
• Sodium laurel sulfate

2. Sunscreen ingredients to avoid

If you are sensitive to sunscreen:

• Avobenzone
• Benzophenones (such as oxybenzone)
• Methoxy cinnamate (often found in waterproof sunscreens, can cause a reaction)
• Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

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