Good old Vitamin C. It’s one of the few health supplement pills mothers make you eat that actually tastes good, like an orange in most cases! Vitamin C, which is also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in a number of foods, most famously citrus fruits like oranges and lemons, is often added to other foods, and is available as a popular dietary supplement. Vitamin C is an essential ingredient for our good health, and it does a lot of jobs, like promoting protein metabolism and building connective tissue. It’s a great antioxidant, and just so happens to be an important component of healthy skin!
While we usually think of Vitamin C as something we eat or drink, it is actually very good for our skin when used topically in the form of Vitamin C skincare that is applied as a cream or lotion! You simply rub the cream onto your skin and it goes to work doing a lot of good things like those listed below!
- Protects Against Sun Damage – Vitamin C’s antioxidants can defend your skin against UV light damage. Please understand that it doesn’t replace sunscreen as it has no SPF to block rays, but if UV light does manage to enter your skin vitamin C can reduce the harm it might cause.
- Smooth Wrinkles -Modern high-quality anti-aging products add Vitamin C as an ingredient because of its powerful effects. When you use it for a period of at least three months it can greatly reduce the appearance of wrinkles on your skin. Eating a healthy diet that’s high in Vitamin C can also help, research shows that people who eat vitamin C regularly don’t have as many wrinkles. That doesn’t mean you have to just eat a lot of citrus fruits, many other healthy foods contain Vitamin C like spinach, broccoli, and red peppers!
- Lightens Dark Spots – Hyperpigmentation means patches of skin that are darker than the rest. Vitamin C-based skin care products can help to lighten those darker patches and spots and even out your skin tone.
- Boosts Collagen Production – Collagen is a protein found naturally in your skin that provides fullness and prevents sagging. Unfortunately, your body’s natural production of collagen slows down as you age. The application of Vitamin C directly to the skin encourages the growth of new collagen. Vitamin C also helps maintain the skin’s current collagen supply and protects it from damage.
- Promotes Healing – Wounds heal more quickly when Vitamin C skincare products are applied to them, as well as when it is consumed in proper quantity in your diet. Vitamin C helps the skin work to close open sores by producing more collagen and having potent antibacterial effects.
- Diminishes Scars – Applying Vitamin C skincare products on scar tissue has been shown to make them less noticeable, diminishing their appearance. Surgical scars were greatly reduced when Vitamin C was applied daily for several months after the stitches were removed.
Vitamin C is good for you inside and out!
