10 Benefits of Evening Primrose Oil
Evening Primrose Oil Benefit #2: Eczema
Eczema is a skin condition characterized with inflamed patches of skin that become itchy, red, cracked, and rough. Different types of eczema affect about 31.6 percent of people in the United States. Some forms of eczema occur due to a gene mutation that affects the skin’s natural protective barrier.
When treating eczema, the focus is on alleviating symptoms and healing the damaged skin. Oral doses of evening primrose oil should be tried when conventional medicine does not seem to work. Eczema treatment using evening primrose oil may help correct the abnormality in essential fatty acids.
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