There’s plenty of evidence supporting the use of pure jojoba oil as a remedy for acne, dry skin, and countless other skin conditions.

It’s moisturizing, it works to seal your skin with a protective barrier to keep it from losing moisture. This may help prevent bacterial infections, acne, and dandruff from forming.

Jojoba oil contains antimicrobial and antifungal properties. While found that jojoba oil doesn’t kill all bacterial or fungal species, it does kill certain bacteria and fungi that can cause salmonella, an E. coli infection, and candida.

It contains natural forms of vitamin E as an antioxidant. This means that jojoba oil can help your skin fight oxidative stress caused by everyday exposure to pollutants and other toxins.

It’s noncomedogenic, although jojoba oil is a botanical substance, its makeup is so similar to the oil (sebum) your body naturally produces that your skin can’t tell the difference. This makes it less likely to build up on your skin and clog your pores, leading to fewer breakouts and less severe acne.

It’s hypoallergenic, on a molecular level, jojoba oil is a wax. Although it can be absorbed into your skin, its waxy nature allows it to create a soothing seal on the surface. Unlike other botanical essential oils, jojoba oil is typically nonirritating. Allergic reaction is rare.

It helps control sebum production because it's so similar to the sebum that your body produces naturally. When you put jojoba oil on your skin, your skin is soothed and moisturized. This sends a signal to your hair and sweat follicles that your skin doesn’t need additional sebum for hydration, this keeps skin from looking oily and helps prevent acne caused by clogged pores.

The antioxidants in jojoba oil may help your body produce collagen. Collagen is a protein that’s in your skin and joints as well as the parts of your body made of cartilage.

It may help speed up wound healing, research shows that jojoba oil encourages your skin cells to bind together after they’ve been separated by a scratch or cut.

It may help soothe eczema, psoriasis, and other drying skin conditions

Jojoba oil has anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Topical application may help relieve dryness, flaking, itching, and related symptoms.

It may help soothe sunburns because the antioxidant properties, can help protect your skin from sun damage by adding moisture, and promoting healing to soothe these symptoms of sunburns.

It may help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. There’s no research that links jojoba to treating wrinkles and fine lines directly, but other plant products with antioxidant properties have been shown to improve the elasticity of skin, this means that the antioxidant power of jojoba oil may help slow the signs of aging when used on your skin.

Jojoba oil’s natural wound-healing properties combined with its vitamin E content, could minimize the appearance of scars.