Vitamin C Elixir for Skin Care

A youthful skin secretes necessary oils for new derma to reconstruct. Ageing skin lacks the natural oils, as it tends to become dry and sagging.

Vitamin C aka Ascorbic acid is a strong anti-inflammatory agent that inhibits many harmful mediums.  A higher concentration of ascorbic acid in bones means higher immunity of joints against attacks. A strong contender with efficient chemotherapeutic effect, it is used in treatment of cancer. It destroys the cancer cells with the action of ascorbyl free radicals. Moreover, there is a detailed study on vitamin C that shows its elevated doses help in treating heart strokes, diabetes, cataracts and glaucoma not to mention common cold and influenza.

Hydrosol is a colloidal suspension of water. You can make mix vitamin c in water, but the best combination will be in adjunct with Hyaluronic acid, ferulic acid, vitamin E and vitamin B in right proportions.

The role of vitamin C in wound healing is undeniable. Vitamin C also known as ascorbic acid is the key ingredient to sustain collagen metabolism. Collagen is a complex protein that is present in the skin, cartilages, ligaments, bones and teeth. Due to its high-water solubility, the consumed ascorbic acid is transported to the tissues through fluids. The antioxidant nature of vitamin C increases the replacement of epiderma wherein young cells move to the outer surface to replace aged cells on skin.

Easy to make Vitamin C serum has but one setback. It is easily oxidized and is short-lived. Due to the tendency of it being an oxidizing agent, it quickly reacts with the air to destabilize. It needs to be paired with a stabilizing agent in a more stable form. One needs to store this product in cool place like refrigerator, and it needs to be consumed in the duration given. One has to keep checking the condition. Once it attains yellowish texture, it ceases to be effective.

Historical event of Vitamin C deficiency was discovered in ship crew that took long voyages. The crew would develop a disease called scurvy due to lack of vitamin C. It was noticed that people who were fed oranges and lemons were resistant to this disease.

A no nonsense simple molecule Vitamin C which is water soluble has known to cause deaths due to its deficiency. Other vitamins such as vitamin B is also water soluble but have not caused death due to its deficiency.

Antioxidants have a great role to play in diminishing melanin formation. Vitamin C is a potent depigmenting agent used in treatments preventing free radicals. In acute cases of hyperpigmentation and melasma. Ascorbic acid, besides being an antioxidant is an electron donor to enzymes that are involved in collagen formation.