09/02/2020
Vitamin C is excellent for your skin health and we highly recommend it as it stimulates collagen synthesis and protects against wrinkles. As a strong antioxidant, Vitamin C can help protect your skin and body from oxidative stress and DNA damage. The benefits of Vitamin C may include protection against immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular disease, prenatal health problems, eye disease, and even and photoaging (who doesn’t love that??). Vitamin C can also help aid the absorption of other nutrients such as iron which is quite important if you are anemic or iron deficient. Naturally delicious sources of oral vitamin C include oranges, kiwi and grapefruit. Vitamin C can also be found in some moisturizers, serums and supplements where it aids in the protection and neutralization of damaging free radicals and improving the appearance of discoloration and skin tone. Beware...Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) is one of those topicals that can be highly susceptible to degradation (i.e. loss of potency in the bottle before it hits your face) so it’s important to keep in mind not all topical C serums are the same. Out of all the topical products on the market, C can be the trickiest, so this is one area where it's best not to skimp. You’ll want to look for something kept in an opaque or darker bottle (so sunlight doesn’t degrade it). We love the SkinCeuticals C/E/Ferulic Acid, the SkinCeuticals Phyloretin CF with Ferulic Acid Serum as well the ZO 10% vitamin C self - activating (Zen Obagi). To learn more about integrative health and wellness visit us at www.jivome.com, to learn more about integrative natural aesthetics visit us at www.zendermatology.com or call to place an order on your favorite products! 916-936-1231
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