3 Skin Care Reasons A Beauty Expert Recommends CoQ10 Supplements*

It has a laundry list of roles it plays in the body when taken orally, but for my purposes (read: I'm a beauty gal and love writing about skin care), I'm a fan thanks to the roles it plays in skin cell health:* 

This includes important skin cells like fibroblasts (which make collagen) and keratinocytes (which make keratin). However, as CoQ10 decreases with age, so does mitochondrial activity and energy formation2.* As you can imagine, this poses a problem for our natural levels of collagen, elastin, and the like. Ubiquinol CoQ10 is clinically shown to increase CoQ10 levels3 in the body on day one and beyond.* Further, ubiquinol is more bioavailable4 than the ubiquinone CoQ10 form.*

Like other antioxidants, ubiquinol helps your body deal with these free radicals5 head-on.* It also protects against lipid peroxidation6, a process by which free radicals damage cell membranes.* To top it off, CoQ10 protects the membranes of mitochondria and regenerates other antioxidants7, like vitamins C and E—both of which are just as important for healthy skin.* 

Thanks to a combo of the above, and its potent antioxidant properties: CoQ10 can make your skin look g-o-o-d.* See, your skin is bombarded with environmental stressors every day. And exposure accounts for a majority of skin aging8. If you want to get serious about skin longevity, you need to protect your skin from pollutants, UV exposure, and so on. One major tool you can use is antioxidants.* In fact, one study found that CoQ10 supplements reduce wrinkles9 and lines while enhancing skin smoothness.* 

With growing awareness of internal skin health, more and more people are paying attention to the impact of cellular beauty. Notably, how you can encourage skin longevity with the right proactive steps, like smart supplementation.* Well, I'm right there with you.*