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Vitamin C face creams
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Last reviewed: 08.07.2025
Ascorbic acid is one of the beneficial components that the skin needs. A balanced diet is one of the ways to supply it to the body. With its deficiency, increased fragility of blood vessels and spider veins on the face, blueness of the area around the eyes develops. Therefore, the diet should include the following products: apples, citrus fruits, currants, rose hips, garlic, greens, cabbage.
Compound
Vitamin C contains fruit acids, which provide the following cosmetic effects:
- Antioxidant.
- Regenerating.
- Accelerates collagen production.
- Smoothes wrinkles and skin.
- Slows down the aging process.
- Increases turgor.
- Tones.
- Strengthens capillaries.
- Soothes inflammatory processes
- Normalizes pigmentation by suppressing melanin production.
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How to choose correctly?
It is better to use facial cream with vitamin C after 30 years, since the first wrinkles appear during this period. When choosing a product, you should pay attention to the composition of ascorbic acid. Its content in creams is most often in the range from 0.3% to 10, and in some serums even more than 20%. At first, it is recommended to use cosmetics with a minimum content of C, and gradually move on to more concentrated ones to protect the epidermis from burns and trauma.
When choosing a cream, you should pay attention to its composition. If ascorbic acid is in first place, this indicates its predominance in the product. Before applying to the face, the product should be tested on the hand. In case of an allergic reaction, the cream is contraindicated.
Features of cream with ascorbic acid for different skin types:
- Dry – prevents dehydration and cleanses from external contaminants. Maintains beauty and youth, fills with energy, tones. In addition to vitamin components, creams contain emollients (glycerin) and natural oils.
- Oily – the cream normalizes sebum production, refreshes. Easily penetrates deep into the dermis, therefore nourishes and cleanses pores well.
- Sensitive - when choosing a cream for this type of skin, you should choose products that indicate on the packaging that they are hypoallergenic. At the same time, ascorbic acid has no contraindications, but other components can cause unwanted reactions.
- Mixed – has a positive effect on all areas of mixed epidermis. Moisturizes well, eliminates oiliness, acne and inflammation.
Popular Face Creams with Vitamin C
- Booster vitamin C+3 from Intraceuticals.
- C-Bright 10% Vitamin C Serum from ZO Medical by Zein Obagi MD.
- With the success from Holy-Land
- Elastin-Collagen-Placental-Enzyme from Christina.
- Vitamin C Daily Moisturizer from The Body Shop.
- Active C from La Roche Posay.
To make the cream as effective as possible, it should be used correctly. Before applying, it is recommended to cleanse the face with a toner or neutral soap. The ascorbic acid content should be at least 0.3%, otherwise the product will not give the desired effect. Cream with 10% ascorbic acid is best applied before bedtime. The recommended daily dose of the product should not exceed 45 mg. Cosmetics should be applied regularly, but in small doses, with massage movements, avoiding the area around the eyes.
As for contraindications, cosmetics with ascorbic acid are prohibited in case of individual intolerance, tendency to allergic reactions, significant damage to the epidermis. You should also pay attention to the smell of the product, it should be neutral.