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Borage Dry Skin Therapy Borage is commonly known as the starflower plant, and it grows abundantly in the Middle Eastern regions and some of the Mediterranean part of the world. It requires mild climate to grow and flourish and it is not difficult to maintain. The blue and pink star shaped flowers of the borage plant are pretty and have very little use, except for decorative purposes in food, since they are edible. The leaves are considered to be a delicate spice in some parts of the world and are used as seasoning in salads and condiments.
It is the seeds of the borage plant that are supposedly the most useful, as they contain a rare substance known as Gamma Linoleic Acid (GLA), which supposedly contains Omega 6, a fatty acid that is essentially found to be very useful in skin care. O-6 contains natural fats and will nourish your skin in as little as two to three applications. It is also believed to be very helpful in retaining and adding to the elasticity of the skin, something that has yet to be proven. If you can find the oil extracted from borage seeds, this would indeed be a magical assistant to your quest to get rid of dry skin. For any product that claims to have borage seed oils, you would be taking a chance, since you have no way of knowing what concentration of oil that product contains.
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