Why local supermodels use tamanu nut oil from the Fiji Islands for skin care

Sacramento models are increasingly looking into the skin care properties of tamanu nut oil. Check out native nut oils of Southeast Asia, the Fiji Islands, and the Philippines. It's available online and in numerous health food stores.

One of them used by local and international top supermodels, some featured on the Dr.Oz TV show on May 7, 2010, is Fijian tamanu nut oil from the tamanu nut tree. See the article, "Skin Care with Tamanu Nut Oil." Sacramento retiree, AJD reports, "It's cleared up my complexion." It's used by students for acne issues, by models, and was featured as being used to create a clearer complexion by supermodels on today's Dr. Oz  TV show.

There is medical research on tamanu nut oil, used in folkloric medicine as a healing agent for skin problems for centuries in Asia. The scientific studies with tamanu nut oil began in the 1920s and continued into the 1930s when a French nun working in the Fiji Islands reported treating nerve inflammation and the nerve inflammation problems associated with leprosy, with tamanu nut oil. Actually, tamanu nut oil is a healing tropical agent for skin problems. The properties in the oil are absorbed into the skin and bring relief from nerve pain, based on the oil's anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant ingredients.

About a decade ago, tamanu nut oil began to be seriously researched by scientists for its skin healing properties. You can buy tamnu nut oil online. A company selling certified organic products is Miessence. You also can buy the tamanu nut oil by itself online and make your own skin care products.

See the Tamanu site. According to the Tamanu site, oil of Tamanu (Calophyllum inophyllum) has been studied in hospitals since the 1920s and by researchers in Europe, Asia and the Pacific islands. The results of this research are impressive. Check out the articles touting tamanu's healing powers.

Tamanu oil possesses a unique capacity to promote the formation of new tissue, thereby accelerating wound healing and the growth of healthy skin, according to the Tamanu site article. This process is known as cicatrization.

The Southeast Asian folkloric topical aid is applied to cuts, scrapes, burns, insect bites and stings, abrasions, acne and acne scars, psoriasis, diabetic sores, anal fissures, sunburn, dry or scaly skin, blisters, eczema, herpes sores, and to reduce foot and body odor, according to that article. Tamanu oil is also massaged into the skin to relieve neuralgia, rheumatism and sciatica. Tamanu oil is employed by Southeast Asian women for promoting healthy, clear, blemish-free skin, and is also used on babies to prevent diaper rash and skin eruptions.

Calophyllum inophyllum is indigenous to Southeast Asia, including the Polynesian islands.The tree grows up to 25 or even 30 meters in height, with long, spreading limbs. The tree trunk is typically thick with dark, cracked bark. The tamanu branches are covered with shiny, dark green oval leaves, and small white flowers with yellow centres. The blossoms give off a delightful, sweet perfume. The fruit of the tree, about the size of an apricot, has a thin flesh and a large nut hull inside.

The kernel is dried for a month until it turns chocolate color and brings forth its oil. The smell of the oil is gentle and pleasing. The thick oil is squeezed from the dried kernels and bottled in its natural dark green hue. The traditional medicinal use of tamanu oil in Asia is used as a topical application. That means it's  gently massaged on the skin where it's absorbed without leaving any oily film.

The oil has anti-neuralgic and skin healing ability, according to that article. Tamanu also has powerful fungicide and bactericide agents. It's being researched to see how it may help prevent MRSA (methicillin resistant staph aureus) and staphyloccal aureus.Research continues to find out whether the agents in tamanu oil can be used to treat a range of infections including ring worm.