Chamomile for Skin Health

Research suggests that chamomile may offer several benefits for skin health, including antioxidant activity, support for keratinocyte growth, and favorable influences on collagen production and collagen-degrading enzyme regulation, as demonstrated in laboratory cell studies. The available evidence comes from a small body of research, including an in vitro study examining a chamomile extract combination and a broad systematic review of essential oils in skin care that touched on chamomile among many other botanicals. The systematic review found generally mixed results across essential oils and emphasized that long-term clinical trials are still lacking, making it difficult to draw firm conclusions about chamomile's specific effectiveness in real-world dermatological applications. Overall, while early findings are encouraging, the current evidence base is limited in scope and study type, and more rigorous human trials would be needed to better characterize chamomile's role in skin health.