Acne clients in Chico want to know.. do soy-based skin care products affect acne? Soy is loaded with isoflavones. These flavonoids stimulate collagen and elastin synthesis perk! They also inhibit an enzyme responsible for making melanin, which helps brighten the complexion - another perk!
However, if you have melasma, soy's isoflavones can have the opposite effect. While hyperpigmentation is often the result a inflammation or UV exposure, melasma is typically hormone-related and commonly referred to as the "pregnancy mask.".
The flavonoids in soy have an estrogenic effect. In fact, soy has the highest concentration of phytoestrogen-based isoflavones than any other plant. In skin care products, these isoflavones are isolated and even more concentrated, which has little effect on acne, but can exacerbate melasma.
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