Rejuvenate and Revitalize Aging Skin to Youthful Levels
With
Topical Vitamin C
Overexposure to environmental pollutants and ultraviolet radiation can accelerate skin aging by degrading collagen and triggering oxidative stress in the skin. Fortunately, the anti-aging benefits of a time-honored remedy used by ancient civilizations to heal their skin can help overcome these undesirable effects. Vitamin C is an essential component in the body’s production of collagen and a potent antioxidant that can help rejuvenate and revitalize aging skin.
Vitamin C is vital to overall health, however little of this important nutrient reaches the skin when taken orally. Like all other nutrients, vitamin C levels in the skin decline with age, but replenishing levels directly in the skin can help combat collagen degradation and oxidative stress. Results from clinical trials show that when applied topically, vitamin C promotes collagen formation and mitigates the effects of free radicals, which helps maintain firm and youthful skin.
Vitamin C was a Staple in Ancient Beauty Regimens
In Tibet during the Tang Dynasty (618907 AD), women who wanted to fight the outward signs of premature aging would rub sea buckthorn on the face and hands. The golden-orange berries of the sea buckthorn plant yield a deep-colored oil that is a major source of vitamin C.
Native Americans made a vitamin C rich paste out of rose petals to moisten and heal their skin. Rose hips, the berry-like fruits that are left behind after a rose dies, contain more vitamin C – about 20 times that of an orange. In fact, it is precisely this high level of vitamin C that gives rose hips, sea buckthorn, and other fruits their potent skin-rejuvenating powers.
Why Are Topical Vitamin C preparations so Important?
Humans and a few other species lack the ability to produce vitamin C that is so vital for beautiful, healthy skin. To make things even more challenging, vitamin C is water-soluble. Consequently, a large amount of the vitamin C we ingest, get rapidly excreted.
Again, while oral supplementation with vitamin C is important to maintaining overall health, it is not very effective at increasing skin concentrations of vitamin C because its absorption is limited by active transport mechanisms in the intestines. The most effective method for replenishing vitamin C in the skin is to apply it directly to the skin in a topical preparation.
Topical antioxidants produce much higher concentration in the skin than nutritional supplements. In fact applying vitamin C to the skin is 20 times more effective than oral ingestion. Simply applying vitamin C daily for three days can achieve optimal levels in the skin. It is known that once a topical antioxidant is absorbed into the skin, it cannot be washed or rubbed off. So, even after stopping application significant amounts of vitamin C will remain in the skin for up to three days.
Rejuvenating the skin by constantly replenishing vitamin C stores can therefore help maintain healthy, younger looking skin, especially as we age.
Topical Vitamin C Rebuilds Youthful Skin
Vitamin C’s skin health benefits are largely attributed to its benefits in supporting healthy collagen. Collagen is a structural support protein that is essential for firm, youthful skin. Overall, the amount of collagen in the skin tends to decline with age, an ongoing process that is accelerated by a number of factors like sunlight, smoking, free radicals and inflammation.
Collagen works hand-in-hand with elastin to support the skin. Basically, it supplies the framework that provides form, firmness, and strength to the skin, while elastin is what gives skin its flexibility.
Clinical Studies Demonstrate Wrinkle-Reduction Effects of Topical Vitamin C
Several clinical studies have found that topical vitamin C provides numerous beneficial effects on aged and photo-damaged skin.
A placebo-controlled study performed with 25 volunteers showed that those who applied a topical formulation of vitamin C experienced a reduction in fine lines and wrinkles after a relatively short period of time, only 12 weeks.
Several other studies have substantiated these benefits to the skin. A three-month double-blind study with 19 patients with moderately photo-damaged facial skin found significant improvement in fine wrinkling, tactile roughness, skin tone and sallowness on the side treated with vitamin C, compared to the control side. Photographic assessment also revealed a 57.9% improvement in the vitamin C treated patients compared with the control group.
In addition, topical vitamin C can reverse yet another aspect of skin aging: age spots (or lentigines). These dark areas are where UV-induced oxidation causes melanin to pool in the upper layers of the skin.
Vitamin C Provides All-Day Skin Protection
Vitamin C’s ability to stimulate collagen production does wonders for the skin. Not only does this powerful anti-aging nutrient rebuild collagen, but its potent antioxidant power also protects skin from age-causing free radicals. It also improves firmness and elasticity, visibly tightens saggy areas, and diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Vitamin C is a great natural moisturizer and enhances the protective barrier function of the skin. This means your skin can retain more water so it stays smoother and younger-looking for a much longer period of time.
Topically applied vitamin C can be used n conjunction with your normal skin care program to improve the brightness, tone and texture of your skin. Applying vitamin C to the skin daily can do wonders for keeping ones youthful appearance for life.
A lightweight vitamin C serum that aids cellular reconstruction and renewal is perfect for all skin types and can rejuvenate and protect environmentally damaged or stressed skin.
Sublime Bliss provides a specially blended vitamin C serum to protect your skin and rejuvenate it from the effects of aging. Sublime Bliss also provides a vitamin C masque, with high concentrations of vitamin C Esters that easily absorb into your skin, without stinging or causing irritations.
If you have questions about the foregoing information or have specific questions regarding your skin care regimen, please contact us at Expert@sublimebliss.com or (818) 566-9965.
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