I only made this discovery a few years back and I wished I made it a long time ago to help my brother's skin problem.
He has eczema and seasonally, it gets really really bad. He's tried everything when he was a kid. The Dr recommended using Aveeno or the special prescribed cream we have to get at the pharmacy and honestly, none of them really worked. We found that he has to constantly put on the cream as he's dependent on the cream and if he forgets to put it on, it will show. The cream never heals his skin, just keeps it moisturize.
A couple of years ago when I was doing more research into natural skin products and do it yourself stuff, I started looking into Olive Oil and honey.
Someone used EVOO for a face mask and she found her skin became really nice and soft after.
Another masked she liked to do as aspirin mixed with honey. I tried both and found nice results after.
So that got me thinking where else can I use those 2 items and I did some further research.
The Greeks have used it in ancient times for multiple reasons including on skin and hair.
EVOO is high in anti-oxidant and it's anti-inflammatory.
So I experimented on my dry hands in the winter. Once I noticed it actually improves the quality of my skin, I tried it on my brother.
Within a week, his skin started looking better. It wasn't as dry and he only had to apply at night.
Then we tried propolis honey. The problem with propolis honey is that it's a bit sticky and in liquid format, it has alcohol content so it can sting if your skin is broken.
Due to the fact that it's a bit sticky, we only tried experiment at night after showers and before bed time so the skin had time to absorb before going to bed.
Propolis honey is anti-inflammatory, high in anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial.
We found that when we combined the 2, honey first and then olive oil after, his skin actually healed.
He can put it on every night, and his skin actually looked normal by the end of 2-3 weeks of using honey+EVOO. That was something creams were never able to do.
I highly recommend giving it a try during the dry season.
I put it on a couple nights a week during the winter season to help prevent my skin from becoming dry.
If you're doing this as a maintenance program, usually you don't need to use the honey. The olive oil will be enough.
If your skin is in a really bad state, I find the honey helps speeds up the healing.
The most common question people ask when I tell them I use EVOO on my skin is "isn't it oily?"
Well, yes it's oil, but if you use extra virgin, I find that your skin absorbs it rather fast so you would not get it all over the place.
It's natural and absorbs nicely.
There's a lot more research now into EVOO and Propolis honey since people have turned their attention to using natural items.
So if you want to look up what specific properties are in each that helps, it's easily available now on the internet.
I just wanted to share our experience and hope it helps others.
Cheers
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