What is melatonin and what can it do for the skin and the body?

It is a hormone that is found naturally in our body. It is essential to rest properly, but it also has to do with skin aging. The pharmacist Rocío Escalante, head of Arbosana Pharmacy and an expert in dermopharmacy, tells us the secrets of melatonin.

Melatonin is a hormone found naturally in our body. “It is produced from tryptophan and has a circadian secretion pattern. This means that it is released at night, reaching its highest levels in the dark. Melatonin is essential for our body to rest at night and have a dream repairman.

Over the years, the secretion of this hormone decreases, which explains why as we get older we sleep fewer hours and problems arise in falling asleep”, points out Rocío Escalante. That is why it is common for melatonin to form part of food supplements that help regulate the circadian rhythm,

Melatonin in cosmetics

But, in addition, melatonin is also involved in skin aging and other processes in the body, such as the regulation of “According to various studies, melatonin is a molecule with a high antioxidant capacity at the intracellular and extracellular level. This means that it has the ability to neutralize the activity of free radicals in our body, reducing oxidative damage.This is essential to prevent premature aging, since 80% is produced by what we know as exposomes (external factors such as pollution, UV rays, stress, sleep…).

On the other hand, melatonin is also anti-inflammatory. Inflammation is another factor that triggers skin aging, by degrading collagen and elastin fibers, thus causing wrinkles”, explains the pharmacist and adds, “applied topically, melatonin helps reduce skin aging”. Melatonin It is present in the formula of creams, serums and other anti-aging treatments.

Cosmetics with melatonin

In this sense, the pharmacist Rocio Escalante recommends four products with melatonin to take care of our skin in depth.

1. Isdinceutics Vital Eyes Isdin anti-wrinkle eye contour (39.95 euros).

2. Isdinceutics Flavo-C Melatonin by Isdin, repairing night serum in ampoules (36 euros).

3. Isdincentics AGE Reverse Night by Isdin, a restorative night facial cream formulated with melatonin (64.99 euros).

4. Serenity night cream from Sesderma (sale at Druni. 24.95 euros).