Can Vitamin C be absorbed by our Skin
Have you given it a second thought if you can actually absorb Vitamin C through your skin? Vitamin C is a hit in many topical products like creams, serum, lotions, bath salts so you should be able to absorb it, right?
@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan
Vitamin C is very unstable. It degrades easily upon exposure to factors like high pH, high temperature, oxygen, and even light. But, yes, we can actually absorb Vitamin C by applying it directly into our skin. Provided that it is formulated in such a way that makes it stable.
Proper formulation of Vitamin C is critical to ensure that it gets absorbed into the skin. In order for Vitamin C to be able to penetrate the skin, topical products must maintain a pH of lower than 3.5.
Since the higher the dose, the lesser the absorption, optimal concentration of Vitamin C for topical application is 20%. It's half life is 4 days.
See also: Benefits of Topical Vitamin C
Resource:
Pinnell S. (2001). Topical L-ascorbic acid: percutaneous absorption studies. Dermatologic Surgery.
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| Can Vitamin C be absorbed by our Skin |
@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan
Vitamin C is very unstable. It degrades easily upon exposure to factors like high pH, high temperature, oxygen, and even light. But, yes, we can actually absorb Vitamin C by applying it directly into our skin. Provided that it is formulated in such a way that makes it stable.
Proper formulation of Vitamin C is critical to ensure that it gets absorbed into the skin. In order for Vitamin C to be able to penetrate the skin, topical products must maintain a pH of lower than 3.5.
Since the higher the dose, the lesser the absorption, optimal concentration of Vitamin C for topical application is 20%. It's half life is 4 days.
See also: Benefits of Topical Vitamin C
Resource:
Pinnell S. (2001). Topical L-ascorbic acid: percutaneous absorption studies. Dermatologic Surgery.
