Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, ascorbate is a simple low-molecular-weight carbohydrate that is essential for the human body as a water-soluble vitamin. However, our body cannot produce it, meaning we can absorb vitamin C from our food. Vitamin C has many positive physiological effects, but it is also essential for our skin. It is especially important in the period after the first wrinkles appear and afterwards, as vitamin C is typically the type of vitamin that supports skin firmness. One of its most important properties is that it is essential for the formation of collagen, which gives our skin firmness. As time goes by, our collagen fibers thin, can break, and fewer and fewer new ones are produced. That is why it is very important to continuously support the functioning of the fiber network that forms the skin's supporting structure.

In addition, vitamin C plays an important role in the formation of the skin's top protective layer, the so-called hydrophilic lipid layer. This is especially important in the autumn and winter, as this layer protects our skin from drying out during windy, cool weather.

Although autumn is about to begin, we still need to pay close attention to UV protection. UV rays can trigger harmful processes in the skin, which can also accelerate the aging process due to oxidative stress caused by UV radiation. Vitamin C also helps skin cells resist UV radiation.

In addition, literature sources report that there is a connection between vitamin C deficiency and the loss of several important skin functions. In particular, poor wound healing and subcutaneous bleeding can occur extremely and quickly in vitamin C-deficient skin.

Vitamin C is quickly depleted from the body, so it is worth ensuring a continuous supply, for example by purchasing powder-based products and drinking them in smaller doses during your daily water intake.

Here, you can also support your skin's vitamin C supply and enhance collagen production with numerous facial treatments: you can choose Janssen collagen facial, Thermage radiofrequency collagen stimulation, or Korean collagen fiber facial rejuvenation.

 

Source: Wang, K., Jiang, H., Li, W., Qiang, M., Dong, T., & Li, H. (2018). Role of vitamin C in skin diseases. Frontiers in physiology, 819.