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Ascrobic Acid = 维生素C = Great for skin!
维生素C is important to human health for a variety of reasons, from boosting the immune system to acting as an antioxidant. It has many benefits for the skin, too. 作为一种抗氧化剂, vitamin C helps increase collagen production and combats the effects of free-radicals that result from pollutants, 过度暴露在阳光下, 以及其他有害影响. Studies have also shown that it can help reduce skin inflammation. In addition to improving general health, it has several other cosmetic benefits for skin.
维生素C是什么
维生素C is called an antioxidant and a co-enzyme. Chemically, it bonds with other compounds to create a new compound. 作为一种抗氧化剂, 维生素C bonds with free radicals—lone electrons looking for a place to call home to neutralize their charge.
Free radicals can be highly destructive, breaking up other chemical bonds to make a place for themselves. 当这种情况发生在皮肤上, it results in damage to compounds in the dermal matrix, including collagen and elastin—the proteins that give skin its firmness and resilience. 然而, when free radicals are bound to an antioxidant, they are simply neutralized with no resulting damage to other proteins or tissues.
维生素C和皮肤健康
Our bodies use vitamin C to help make collagen. 不幸的是, environmental pollutants and exposure to UV light can lower the amount of vitamin C your body creates naturally. Without the support of vitamin C, collagen and connective tissues begin to break down. Collagen is one of the key components in the dermal matrix that gives your skin its elasticity, 色调和质感. Collagen levels and production naturally decline as we age, and as a result, skin sags and wrinkles. Boosting collagen production increases your skin’s resilience to mnimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
There are certain skin care ingredients that can amplify 维生素C’s effects. 例如, studies show that a blend of ascorbic acid (pure 维生素C), vitamin E and ferulic acid help 维生素C protect skin from thedamage of UV rays.
维生素C’s role in collagen production is not the only reason it’s good for mature skin. 维生素C is also vital to skin repair and protection. Studies show that 维生素C can help filter environmental pollutants that can harm your skin. It also has anti-inflammatory properties and skin brightening effects to even skin tone and diminish areas of hyperpigmentation and melasma by helping to breakdown pigment deposits to fade age spots (also called liver spots), 雀斑和发红.
“Pure” vitamin C—the form that is immediately useful to the body—is L-Ascorbic Acid. In this form 100% of vitamin C is available for use by your cells. Derivatives of L-Ascorbic Acid include:
When these other forms of vitamin C are converted to L-Ascorbic Acid, 它们失去了一些效力. So, 取决于形式, 一盎司换一盎司, your cells are only getting between 13% and 95% of vitamin C.
When used in skin care products, the form and its potency make a big difference. If a vitamin C serum contains ascorbyl palmitate, 例如, the formula can only deliver 40% of vitamin C’s full potential. But Hale vitamin C products only contain the purest form of vitamin C: L-Ascorbic Acid.
维生素C是一种抗氧化剂, and antioxidants don’t discriminate when it comes to neutralizing free radicals—they begin their work immediately. That means that in an unstable formula, vitamin C will spend its antioxidant power neutralizing the free radicals in your moisturizer or serum, particularly if the formula is exposed to air, 热和光, which incite and speeds up the oxidation process.
In order to keep vitamin C stable so that it doesn’t start neutralizing anything until it reaches your skin, it must be delivered in a carefully formulated vehicle. Hale products are made using cold water processing to preserve vitamin C’s antioxidizing potential, and our serums are carefully formulated, 通常是维生素E, to minimize anti-oxidation happening in the jar but boost anti-oxidizing activity when applied to your skin.
Research shows that the highest concentration of vitamin C your body will use is 20%, so that’s the highest concentration of vitamin C use in Hale formulations.
At Hale Cosmeceuticals, we know science and we know 维生素C. We are confident that our products will deliver the best results for your skin.
