Antioxidants! Right now all the rage is about topical antioxidants! Many people think that Vitamin C is the best antioxidant to put on!
Antioxidants have been proven to help skin! They have been shown to help reduce free radicals. And when worn under sunscreen in the morning, Vitamin C can boost the protection of the sunscreen.
Vitamin C, however has to be properly packaged in a tube and stabilized. If it is not stabilized then it will not provide any affect. Air and light will also destabilize it. So a tube does not last long, a few months perhaps. The correct pH is critical, if not, there will not be all the great antioxidant benefits. Also there are only a few companies out there that produce quality stabilized Vitamin C.
I have used a few different antioxidant products. The
stable, Avalon Organics Vitamin C and stable La Roche Posay Active C products.
Paula Begoun (Great advice given at her website: http://www.cosmeticscop.com/ ) Although I definitely do not agree with all of it. Anyway, Paula Begoun mentioned that many researchers that are studying antioxidants, say that it is best to use a topical product with multiple antioxidants. Do not just go all out with one. There is no clear evidence that Vitamin C is the best antioxidant for skin!
More research needs to be done on Vitamin C.
So again we need to be careful when we hear claims. There is hype and trends with skincare products, just like there are trends with clothes. Then they often spiral out of control from word of mouth. Most of them are just fads and shouldn’t be followed.
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