Total Beauty posted "8 Skin-Perfecting Silver Skin Care Products" featuring Dr. Purvisha Patel.
The article includes Dr. Patel's expert commentary on the use of silver in skin care.
Gold-infused skin care has been around for a while. The luxe ingredient is known to have anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, amongst others. But did you know silver is also a beneficial skin care ingredient? And it's about more than blingy Insta-worthy beauty bait.
Skin Care Benefits of Silver
Colloidal silver (small nanoparticles of the element suspended in water) has been used for centuries on skin because of its healing properties, says Dr. Purvisha Patel, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Visha Skincare.
You're probably wondering whether the silver used in skin care is the same as the silver used in jewelry. Patel says they're essentially the same with pure silver being an element on the periodic table. "In jewelry, it is mixed with other metals to give strength and flexibility for the design," she says. "Colloidal silver is silver particles in suspension."
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