hannah
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Coconut oil has no antifungal properties, although if the skin is in bad shape it will be more susceptible to infection, because the skin barrier is not intact. I suggest Dream Cream.
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freyja
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You may be right right about a compromised barrier. I have been using Retin-A (for acne) as well as LMC and MNS, which I love! After this condition clears up, I will add something more emollient to my regime. I am surprised to hear you say that coconut oil has no antifungal properties. I usually would include a source to back up a claim like that but I had assumed it was more common knowledge, like tea tree oil. Here is one study from pubmed that shows that the effectiveness of coconut oil on candida. “In vitro antimicrobial properties of coconut oil on Candida species in Ibadan, Nigeria. " It is noteworthy that coconut oil was active against species of Candida at 100% concentration compared to fluconazole. Coconut oil should be used in the treatment of fungal infections in view of emerging drug-resistant Candida species."” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17651080 |
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hannah
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There is a big difference between essential oils (like tea tree) and fixed oils like coconut, the chemical composition is so different.
I don't know what the mechanism of action could be for fatty acids to have any kind of anti fungal activity.
The usual path in this kind of studies is to at least identify the chemical responsible of the activity or a fraction. It may be simply a matter of oiliness, and I assume that they compared coconut oil with other oils but there is no mention of that. In short, not every study is worth attention.
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