Benefits of licochalcone A for skin

Licochalcone A has a variety of active ingredients and properties, so your skin is cared for, especially in terms of protection and brightening. Here are a few reasons why licorice is good for the skin:

1. Licochalcone A and skin protection

Licochalcone A is an active ingredient in licorice root extract that can protect your skin by strengthening its defense mechanism.

After application, it will increase the production of antioxidants in the skin, even if you do not wear sunscreen, it can also prevent sun damage.

Licochalcone A also helps control oil secretion,thereby reducing acne.It can also delay the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

2. Carry glycyrrhizin, a powerful antioxidant

Licorice is very effective in treating atopic dermatitis, rosacea and psoriasis-you can thank glycyrrhizin (glys-err-eye-zin) for this! It is sour that makes licorice taste sweet. The official name of the licorice plant is Glycyrrhiza glabra root, which is the main ingredient in our brightening serum.

Glycyrrhizin has an anti-inflammatory effect, which means less redness and irritation to inflamed and irritated skin. As an antioxidant, it can protect our skin from free radicals. Some of the most obvious signs of free radical damage appear on our epidermis, and sun damage is one of the most common stressors in daily life. This is why it is so important to use clean, residue-free sunscreen to protect yourself from UV rays!

3. Contains Glycyrrhizin, a super anti-ultraviolet ingredient

Glab-rye-din (glab-rye-din) is one of the most effective ingredients in licorice root extract. This substance helps reduce any dark spots caused by scars or sun damage. It also prevents UVB rays from causing pigmentation by inhibiting tyrosinase, an enzyme that causes melanin after sun exposure.

4. Use Licochalcone A to protect the skin

This defensive licorice root benefit comes from another active ingredient, Licochalcone A (lick-uh-chal-cone). It can help your skin produce higher levels of antioxidants, enhance the skin's defenses and prevent UV damage in the process. Not to mention, it can protect the skin from damage even under unprotected UV rays.

5. Minimize the production of tyrosinase to combat discoloration

The production of melanin (also known as pigment or color) is a complicated process, but the core of the problem is an enzyme called tyrosinase. Licorice extract inhibits the production of tyrosinase, thereby inhibiting the production of dark spots.

6. Remove excess melanin

Licorice extract can also brighten the skin in another way. "It contains glycyrrhizin, an active compound that helps disperse and remove existing melanin in the skin," Chwalek explained. In other words, it can not only help prevent the formation of new spots, it can also lighten existing spots.

7. As an effective antioxidant

Like many other plant extracts, licorice contains a flavonoid, which is an antioxidant-rich ingredient that reduces reactive oxygen species, which can cause skin aging and discoloration.

8. Provides anti-inflammatory benefits

Although the flavonoids themselves have anti-inflammatory effects, there is another molecule licorice chalcone A that can inhibit the two inflammatory markers that trigger the inflammatory cascade.

9. May help control oil secretion in the skin

Although this is not one of the recognized benefits, Chwalek said that there is some evidence that the licorice chalcone A compound may have the additional benefit of regulating oil secretion. This is why licorice extract is often used as a dandruff treatment in Ayurvedic medicine.

10. Help hyperpigmentation

Improving hyperpigmentation is one of the most famous properties of this plant. When your skin produces more melanin in some plaques or spots than others, hyperpigmentation occurs, resulting in uneven skin tone and darker appearance.

This usually occurs as a result of free radical exposure: free radicals destroy the skin cells that form melanin and encourage them to produce excess pigment. Licorice root fights this process by blocking the production of melanin and free radicals. This is part of the reason why the mild and effective dark spot remover contains licorice root extract to help even out skin spots.