Your Skin, Your Beauty

Vitamin C – For Maintaining Youthfulness and Skin’s Overall Health March 21, 2011

Vitamin C isn’t just found in a glass of orange juice these days it’s become an essential ingredient in many of the leading skincare products mainly for its powerful antioxidant skin protection.

Vitamin C also known as L-ascorbic acid is a nutrient that acts as a vitamin to our bodies normally used to repair the skin and heal wounds. In the early 1950’s Vitamin C was of utmost importance for those travelling by ship to prevent contracting scurvy, which was a direct result of not receiving vitamin C. Vitamin C is important in maintaining one’s overall health and is a critical element in today’s skincare. Vitamin C has been proven to be a highly effective skin care antioxidant and its ability to encourage collagen production, maintaining an even skin tone and restoration of the skin’s elasticity.

Vitamin C can be found in fresh fruits, berries and green vegetables. Many of the leading cosmeceutical companies extract vitamin c directly from fresh fruits and berries in the form of L-ascorbic acid and add this ingredient to their leading skin care products.

It has been clinically proven that Vitamin C in skincare products have the power to increase collagen production resulting in the diminishing of fine lines and wrinkles making skin stronger and appear youthful and healthy. Vitamin C has also been proven to even out skin discolorations and reduce the appearance of dark spots on the skin caused by sun damage and lack of essential nutrients.

The leader in Vitamin C skincare is Cellex-C, the entire line of skin care products is produced using various strengths of L-ascorbic acid and in combinations with other essential ingredients for professional strength skincare.

Other skincare companies such as PCA Skin pHaze, Quintessence Skin Science, June Jacobs and Janson Beckett, all produce highly concentrated vitamin c skin serums to treat and protect the skin.

Overall, Vitamin C is an important and powerful ingredient in protecting and maintaining skins youthfulness and overall health.