6 most common myths of vitamin C in skin care

These are the 6 most popular myths that surround this powerful antioxidant:

1.It can only be used at night: this is false, since an ideal routine in vitamin C implies applying it in the morning and night, but doing so once a day is preferable to be in the morning.In turn, the application of vitamin C at night acts as a natural clarifying and stimulates the synthesis of the collagen, while its application in the morning fights the production of free radicals produced by ultraviolet radiation and environmental pollution.

two.Irritate the skin.According to specialists, this myth is false since the assertion is based on what happens when oxidized, but if this occurs it is because the cosmetic product does not have a stable formula.Under this argument they often say that vitamin C should not be used by people with rosacea, but it is a half myth since if the product has high concentrations it can irritate the skin, but as it stimulates the synthesis of collagen in the altered capillariesFor the rosacea in actually what happens is that it reinforces the veins improving the ability of the skin so as not to get red.

3.Cannot be used with retinol.Only in their beginnings both compounds were not combinable because their pure formula had a similar function of tissue exfoliation, but that this no longer occurs due to the stable forms with which they combine.

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4.It should not be applied with alphahidroxyacids (AHA) and betahydroxyacids (Bhas).According to Demarchi, this is false and who affirms this by referring to the fact that vitamin C exfolia, but the current stable forms do not exfolian.There is no problem in combining it with alpha or betahydroxyacids, vitamin C may even support them helping to improve hydration, collagen and hyperpigmentation synthesis.

5.Stain the skin: when working with very little stable v vitamins (pure ascorbic acid), they could produce skin sensitivity and when exposing the skin to the sun, producing hyperpigmentation.But this does not happen with stable forms of vitamin C that are frequently used.Always what stains is the sun, not the products, so it is so important to apply sunscreen daily even if we do not leave home.

6.Cannot be used in pregnant women.This myth disassembles itself by noticing that at the beginning of pregnancy women are prescribed multivitamin with vitamin C.The main use in these cases is to prevent skin pigmentation that appear in consequences of hormonal changes.

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