How does vitamin C work?Updated a year ago
When it’s actually well-formulated, vitamin C acts like a superhero that fights off the supervillains to protect your skin.
Those supervillains are free radicals, which are molecules or atoms with an unpaired electron. In search of completion, they end up destroying other molecules that cross their path. Free radical damage comes from sun exposure, smoking, and exposure to pollution, and it leads to early signs of skin aging.
Vitamin C is a super antioxidant that elevates the skin’s protective ability dramatically. Once a vitamin C serum is applied to the skin, the skin’s vitamin C levels rise, so you’re effectively protected from free radical damage for the next 24 hours.
This dramatic protection boosts your sunscreen and prevents trauma to the skin that leads to wrinkles, dark spots, and irritation. Plus, vitamin C has a few active benefits, like its ability to stimulate collagen production and inhibit irregular production of melanin.