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Green Tea Extract (EGCG)
Camellia Sinensis Leaf ExtractAntioxidant
An antioxidant from green tea. In one study, putting it on before sun cut redness and skin damage. An extra, not a sunscreen.
The evidence, graded
strongIn a 60-day single-blind split-face study of 22 healthy adults, a cream with green tea extract, and one with green tea plus lotus extract, each lowered skin oil more than a plain cream used on the other half of the face. The people weren't picked for oily skin.Mahmood 2013 · Hippokratia ↗
emergingGreen tea extract, put on human skin 30 minutes before a measured dose of UV light, reduced the redness in a dose-dependent way. It also reduced sunburn cells, protected Langerhans cells and cut UV-induced DNA damage. EGCG and ECG worked best. The study tested one UV dose, not a day outdoors, and gives no SPF, so Drop treats it as an extra next to sunscreen, not a replacement.Elmets 2001 · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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epigallocatechin gallate
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