Jakarta: Vitamin C is touted as one of the best antiaging ingredients on the market and the key to maintaining smooth, even and radiant skin. However, even if you can get vitamin C in your diet, there’s no way to guarantee it will go directly to your skin.
As an alternative, use serum and other topical products are the most direct way to reap these benefits. Vitamin C can help heal blemishes, reduce hyperpigmentation, and make skin glow.
And as quoted from Healthline, consistency is the key to maximum effect. Some people apply a vitamin C serum in the morning to take advantage of its UV protective properties.
While others find that vitamin C serum works best at night. Here are the benefits of adding vitamin C serum to your routine: skin care.
1. Hydrates skin
According to a 2017 research review, most healthy skin and organs contain high concentrations of vitamin C, suggesting that vitamin C accumulates in the body from circulation.
The review authors note that topical vitamin C penetrates the skin best in the form of ascorbic acid. Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, another vitamin C derivative used in skin care, has been shown to have a hydrating effect on the skin, according to a 2013 review.
(The benefits of vitamin C serum are brightening the face, moisturizing the skin, to tightening the skin. The benefits of vitamin C for the face can be obtained if you use it properly. Photo: Illustration/Pexels.com)
2. Brightens the skin
Vitamin C can help fade pigmentation and smooth the skin’s surface to reduce dullness. A 2017 review noted that the application of vitamin C has been shown to inhibit the production of melanin, the pigment responsible for skin color. It can help fade the general dark spots and dullness that prevent getting that dewy glow.
3. Reduces Redness and Evens Skin Tone
Vitamin C has also been shown to act as an anti-inflammatory agent through its antioxidant capacity, according to a 2015 review. This means it soothes the skin and reduces puffiness, leaving the face glowing.
The anti-inflammatory properties of vitamin C can also help reduce redness, which in turn can make the skin more even. The combined reduction of dark spots, redness, and irritation makes skin tone clear and smooth.
4. Fades hyperpigmentation
Because it inhibits melanin production, vitamin C can actually fade hyperpigmentation. Hyperpigmentation – including sunspots, freckles agingand melasma – occurs when melanin is produced in excess in certain areas of the skin.
It can also occur in areas where the pimple has healed. Vitamin C inhibits melanin synthesis by downregulating the activity of an enzyme known as tyrosinase. It is widely used in dermatology for the depigmentation of hyperpigmented spots on the skin.
5. Promotes collagen production
Collagen is a natural protein that is depleted over time. Lower levels of collagen can lead to fine lines and wrinkles. Vitamin C is well-known for increasing collagen production through the process of collagen synthesis. In fact, collagen synthesis cannot occur without vitamin C.
6. Reduces circles under the eyes
Vitamin C serum can help smooth out fine lines by plumping and hydrating the under-eye area. Although vitamin C is more effective at reducing overall redness, some say it can help reduce discoloration associated with under-eye circles.
According to a small 2009 study, vitamin C in the form of 10 percent sodium ascorbate was found to improve lower eyelid dark circles after six months of use by thickening the eyelid dermis and concealing dark discoloration due to clogged blood.
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