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Blackcurrant Seed Oil
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Blackcurrant seed oil, a plant oil used to soften skin.
What it does
It’s pressed from blackcurrant seeds. Like other plant oils, it softens skin and helps hold in moisture.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2017) judged 244 plant oils safe as used. Their list names wheat germ and rice germ oils, açaí fruit oil, and watermelon, blackcurrant, passion fruit, kukui and strawberry seed oils; strawberry seed oil wasn’t in use then. They say oils are used to soften skin and seal in moisture. In skin tests on people, summarized from their earlier reviews, wheat germ oil didn’t irritate or cause allergy. They asked makers to limit pesticide residues and heavy metals.Burnett 2017 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
black currant seed oil
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