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Comedogencity
Many oils
found in skin care or cosmetic applications have a tendency to clog
pores, cause acne, and create unfavorable skin conditions.
 Comedogencity (pore-clogging) testing of Emu oil conducted at the University of Texas Medical
School at Houston
resulted in both observational and histological scores of less than 1.
These test results reveal that Emu oil "is
considered to indicate a substance that is unlikely to produce a comedogenic response during human use and is therefore
considered to be a negative result."
"On the basis of
observational and histological testing from comedogenicity,
the Emu oil used in this test, from 25% to 100%,
is non-comedogenic." Even though it is an oil, Emu oil was
demonstrated to be a "non pore-clogging substances, helping to keep
the skin healthy.
Fatty
Acid Analysis
A fatty acid analysis
test was conducted by Dr. Margaret C. Craig-Schmidt, Associate Professor in
the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, at Auburn University.
Dr. Craig-Schmidt noted that the properties of the Emu
oil made favorable to be used by the cosmetic industry.
 In addition to cosmetic uses,
laboratory experiments and analysis of emu oil
both in Australia and in the US have confirmed that Emu
oil has the ability to reduce inflammation of the joint, and that it is an
all-natural anti-inflammatory. Emu oil naturally
contains a high level of linolenic acid, (a
substance known to ease muscle ache and joint pain) and oleic acid, which
provides a local anti-inflammatory effect.
Emu Oil Penetrates Deep Into The Dermis
The penetrating
effect of Emu oil, according to pharmacist and
oil researcher Allen Strickland of Alabama,
may be related to its non-phosphorus composition.
"Our skin is phospholipid deficient. In other words, there's no
phosphorus in our skin. If you put anything on your skin that has
phosphorus in it, your skin is 'programmed' to keep it from penetrating.
Anytime you put anything on your skin that is phospholipid
deficient, or has no phosphorus, it penetrates right through."
"It was
interesting to note that when I looked through the literature concerning
the drug and cosmetic industry," expressed Dr. Craig-Schmidt, "I learned
that this (oleic) fatty acid is a known enhancer of transport of bio-active
compounds through the skin. In other words, the high presence of oleic acid
in the Emu oil may be one of the reasons that it
is able to penetrate the skin to a large degree and at the same time be
able to carry active compounds through the skin where they can have an
effect in the body."
Property
Observation and Clinical Use
In "Emu Oil- A Clinical Appraisal of this Natural and Long
Used Product," Dr. G.R. Hobday of Australia
reported that Emu oil had been frequently tested
by government and private laboratories, indicating no steroids, hormones or
even bacteria when suitably treated.
Commenting on the use
of the oil by over 500 patients in 10 years, Dr. Hobday
noted that there had never been any allergic reactions from the oil
reported to him. Most significantly, Dr. Hobday
affirmed that "From clinical experience with Emu
oil, it became obvious that its major actions were its anti-inflammatory
properties and its ability to penetrate the skin. It also appears to
provide some solar protection."
Dr. Hobday's 10 years of clinical usage of Emu oil focused on the skin. The report reveals that,
"After advising patients of its experimental nature I have prescribed Emu oil for use in three main areas: dry skin problems,
treatment of muscle aches and pains, and treatment of wounds which had epithelialized."
Results of usage are
summarized as follows:
Skin:
Eczema - emu
oil and creams made of emu oil reduce irritation
and inflammation of the skin
Keloids - significantly reduces recent keloid scarring
Burns - appears to promote faster healing with less pain and
scarring
Donor sites in skin grafting - reduced pain and less scarring
Joints:
Joint pain - reduced pain, swelling, and
stiffness most evident where the joint is close to the skin surface, such
as hands, feet, knees, and elbows.
Bruising and muscle pain - significant benefit to recent bruising
and muscle pain where injury is relatively superficial. Significant
reduction in sports related muscle strains post-exercise emu oil massage.
Recent wounds:
Epithelialized wounds - reduced scar tissue
formation, soothing of wounds after surgery by anti-inflammatory action.
Proliferative Activity of the
Skin and Accelerated Hair Growth
Dr. Michael Holick, M.D, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Physiology,
and Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine, conducted a study
involving processed emu oil, and the results were
so outstanding that they quickly became a topic of conversation in many
medical and other journals.
Dr. Holick had been interested in looking at factors that
stimulate and inhibit skin and hair growth. "We depilated some mice
and we then topically applied, in a blinded fashion, (a
processed emu oil) and corn oil to two
different groups of mice, and we did this for two weeks," he
explained.
"We found that
there was about a 20% increase in DNA synthesis, which means that there was
a 20% increase in the proliferative activity, or
the growth activity of the skin in the animals that received (a processed emu oil), compared to the animals that received corn
oil, " said Dr. Holick.
"We found
that there was an enhancement in the growth activity of the hair follicles.
So it gives us very good scientific indication that we were stimulating
skin growth," Dr. Holick elaborated.
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