None of us would refuse to have smooth, even and firm skin and a fresh complexion, but not everyone can achieve this result with home care. The good news is that vitamin C can help.
This vitamin is an absolute favorite when it comes to health and especially when it comes to fighting the common cold. And he has a whole list of positive qualities and as a cosmetic ingredient. True, his path to cosmetology was thorny – ascorbic acid decomposes under the influence of sunlight and oxygen and very quickly loses its miraculous properties.
Therefore, having spent a lot of effort, experts brought out stabilized forms of vitamin C, and with them a whole galaxy of effective remedies that do not need to be stored in the laboratory saw the light of day.
The active ability to fight free radicals is what vitamin C is worth loving in the first place. It is oxidative stress from meeting with radicals that is considered one of the main causes of cell aging, reduced immunity, inflammation and other troubles.
Antioxidants help to resist or at least slow down oxidation, and vitamin C is one of the most powerful among them. Moreover, it is the only antioxidant that not only prevents aging, but also partially eliminates its signs that have already appeared.
And it’s all about the effect on the production of collagen – a protein that provides the density and elasticity of the skin. With age, it is produced less and less, the skin loses its elasticity and becomes lethargic, dull, creases and wrinkles appear, gradually turning into large wrinkles. But only if you do not start in time to help the skin produce this building material.
Experts recommend using Vitamin C in the morning for its antioxidant power to help skin throughout the day.
Finally, the same vitamin C will help to avoid pigmentation problems. It reduces the synthesis of melanin and partially destroys the pigment in the epidermis – this ability is given to a rather limited range of cosmetic ingredients. It also visibly refreshes the complexion, evening out the skin tone and its relief, which causes the desired radiance and freshness, as if behind not a working week, but a vacation.
In recent years, vitamin C has been added to almost all types of cosmetics for home care, but it shows itself most effectively in serums – either regular, for daily use, or in the form of a course that is designed for one to two weeks.
Experts recommend using Vitamin C in the morning for its antioxidant power to help skin throughout the day. But this is not a strict rule, at night his help to the skin will also come in handy.
Modern formulas often combine vitamin C and vitamin E – together they work especially well. In addition, ascorbic acid helps the latter recover after oxidation. In addition, tocopherol – another name for vitamin E – helps to avoid potential irritation.
Vitamin C is generally well tolerated, but its activity may affect sensitive skin. Then it is worth adding a soothing cream to the care, and use the product with ascorbic acid a little less often – for example, not daily, but every other day. Gradually the skin will get used to it.
Another strong advice that experts give is to use sunscreen when going outside, even if it is cloudy there – 80% of the rays of the cloud still pass through. True, it is worth remembering about sun protection even without vitamin C – the sun, alas, takes the most active part in aging and skin diseases.