Vitamin C is one of the common skincare ingredients in skincare products, promising to bring many benefits for the skin from whitening, blurred to anti -aging.But how to use skin care products containing vitamin C effectively, not all women are clear.
So, let's listen to Dr. Mai Ha Anh shared about how to use vitamin C -containing moisturizing products properly to promote the best effect.
Doctor Mai Ha Anh graduated from the Department of Dermatology - Skin Aesthetics located in the University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy
According to the doctor, why should we use skin care products containing vitamin C?
Vitamin C is one of the essential vitamins.Not only needed for the body (help eliminate oxidation factors, protect vascular walls, anti -allergies, participate in the synthesis of some neurotransmitters and hormones, increase resistance ...) but vitamin C is stillHas a rather important role in nourishing a naturally healthy skin.
Vitamin C helps to restore damaged skin, weak skin, helps improve skin tone or skin texture, helps skin firmer and elastic.Functional foods or skin -applied products with vitamin C ingredients are beneficial on skin cells.Vitamin C also helps reduce pigmentation, stimulates collagen proliferation, helps prevent and treat skin damage.Therefore, the skin care products containing vitamin C will help you have a pink, smooth and shiny skin.
Is skin care products higher with vitamin C, the better or not?
The higher the vitamin C level, the greater its effects on the skin.I encourage starting with a vitamin C serum with a concentration of about 6-10% for 1-2 days, avoiding applying young skin.If your skin "bears" it (i.e. no irritation, no itching, no red) you can increase gradually to 13-20%concentration.
However, in order for vitamin C to work most effectively, it is necessary to focus on the appropriate pH in the products.In particular, each form will have different pH.For example, the pH of some types of vitamin C is as follows:
- Ascorbic acid (AA) or L - Ascorbic Acid (LAA): ≤ 3.5
- Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (map): about 7
- Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (SAP): about 7
So compared to focusing on choosing the concentration of vitamin C, we should also pay attention to the pH to choose a vitamin C product suitable for the skin.
How should you use vitamin C skin care products to bring the best effect?
For the product containing vitamin C best effect, you should perform the basic skin care process as follows:
- Step 1: Remove makeup and wash your face
- Step 2: Apply a moderate amount of serum on the skin you want to improve, let dry for 3-5 minutes.
- Step 3: Apply moisturizer
Also, do not forget to apply more sunscreen in the morning to protect the skin comprehensively.
Sunscreen when combined with vitamin C will help fight the toxicity process, help protect the skin from UVA and UVB toxic UV.
For women who use vitamin C serums that are stinging skin, how should you solve it?
For vitamin C in primitive ascorbic acid (AA) is often more effective than other forms.However, AA or LAA can irritate sensitive skin, thin and weak skin.
So when you start using a skincare product containing vitamin C, you should choose products with low vitamin C levels and gradually increase the concentration when used to it.Or you can choose other types of derivatives of vitamin C such as map, sap but these two forms will not work as AA or LAA.You should also apply the product on the back of the hand or neck before using it all over the face.
Can the doctor suggest some skin care products containing vitamin C safe for you to choose more easily?
Currently there are many vitamin C products on the market, we are not easy to distinguish between poor quality and genuine products.Therefore, I encourage you to choose to buy products with clear origin, imported and have administrative papers in Vietnam.
For those who prefer to use Western skin care products, you can choose products of brands such as Kiehl's, Balance, La Roche Posay, .. Those who are fans of Korean, Japanese cosmeticsCan choose the product of: Vari: Hope, Melano CC.
Some products suggested:
Vari C cream of Vari: Hope has a concentration of 7% suitable for those who first use skin care products containing vitamin C
Vari's Vitamin C serum: Hope has a concentration of 13.5% to help brighten the skin, clearly blurred
Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate contains 12.5% Vitamin C to help skin against aging and reduce wrinkles
Buying place:Kiehl's;Price: 1,950k/50ml
Melano CC Whitening Essence contains vitamin C in combination with vitamin E
Buying place:Rohto;Price: 300k