Today, we’ll discuss gold facials, which involve applying real gold and skin-soothing substances to your face.
Companies that offer these facials assert that gold has several skin-improving qualities.
But do these assertions actually hold up to scientific scrutiny? We can help with that!
Due to the 24-karat gold’s alleged anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects, certain salons provide gold facials as part of their services.
Although the use of gold in traditional Chinese, Indian, and Arabic medicine can be traced back to 2500 B.C., gold facials are a relatively new idea.
for instance, Swarna Bhasma Ayurvedic medicine employs, often known as “gold ash,” to treat the following conditions:
Asthma
Arthritis rheumatoid
Disorders of the neurological system and diabetes
In reality, cutaneous lupus and pemphigus vulgaris have been treated with gold compounds off-label, according to dermatologist Dr. Brendan Camp of Medical Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery in New York City.
Auranofin is one example of an oral gold medicine that has been utilised in the past as a second- or third-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis-related joint inflammation.
Advantages of gold for skin
Advertisements promoting gold facials frequently make the following claims about gold’s skin-improving properties:
lowering swelling and redness
preventing free radicals,
encouraging collagen formation, and preventing ageing
Hope it helps!
