Wednesday, November 11, 2009

To Know About Vitamin C

There have always been debates over the use of vitamin C in skin care products. It has always been in debate as some have the opinion that it is helpful while some says that it is harmful. Though different people have different experience and opinions about them yet the known facts of Vitamin C is a good one. It is an oxidant hence it have certain beneficial effects such as reversing the free radicals damage that is generally caused due to sun exposure. It is also the main component of collagen that provides the



The potential use of Vitamin C have shown to enhance the youthful appearance of the skin and is also found to prevent and even seen to resist reversing of existing damage and anti aging. Products containing pure form of vitamin C are generally acidic in nature that leads to the product having an exfoliating effect. This can be beneficial to someone when it is used properly. Not only these but it is also been found that Vitamin C is useful in repairing that is caused due to the use of overly harsh soaps and lotions.

There are negative sides of this Vitamin. It is generally an unstable compound in and of itself and if it is exposed to nature then gets oxidized and loses all the benefits that it contains. If someone uses a product containing oxidized Vitamin C then instead of repairing for the condition that it is being used for, it generally worsens the case. Thus to prevent all these risks of damage a newer form of it is used known as vitamin c derivative that is cheaper and more stable without any side effects.

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