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Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:00 pm  |
Are there any retinols that are plant sourced? Or are they all derived from animals? I'm looking for a non-animal vitamin A derivative, hopefully in bulk as a single active.
However, none of them ever say what they are from. Is retinol the best active to reverse sun damage? |
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:27 pm |
This is a late reply as I have been away on holidays but in answer to your question, I have read info that pure rosehip oil can also be used as an alternative to retinol.
You may be interested to read this on the Kosmea site:
http://www.kosmea.com.au/aspx/what_is_rose_hip_oil.aspx |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:46 am |
Thanks bushy. I'm just now seeing that there was a reply to this. I have read about Rose Hip Oil as an alternative, but I have also read on here from others that it is not as potent. It also breaks me out sometimes.
Does anyone else know if most retinols are synthetic? |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:59 pm |
| I'm guessing retinol is synthetic, since it's a vitamin A derivative. You can try natural products with whole vitamin A in it, but they won't be as potent, I would imagine. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:28 pm |
| Thanks. I'm not actually looking for natural, just vegetarian. What the vitamin A was originally derived from. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:18 pm |
It appears no plant based A. This was 1 of the links I found, didn't get the whole article though.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9075546/vitamin-A |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:48 pm |
| It's a helpful article! |
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