Can you take vitamins to make your skin brighter, smoother and more supple?
The answer is yes. So far, vitamin-based treatments have the lion’s share—about 65 percent—of the cosmetic market.
Vitamins are the superstars of the cosmetic world for two reasons: One, many are powerful antioxidants that help remove the destructive molecules called free radicals. Two, some vitamins may help repair the damage to skin structures that has been done by those free radicals.
Vitamins can help to prevent signs of aging on your face. They can also help to repair any sun damage. Let’s look at the best vitamins
Vitamin C is essential to building collagen and elastin—the fibers that make skin strong and stretchy. C is also a potent antioxidant, which means it can neutralize troublemaking free radicals. Scientists have shown that not getting enough C each day contributes to wrinkles and dryness.
Putting vitamin C directly on your skin can improve not only wrinkles and dryness but also roughness, broken blood vessels, and sallow skin tone. But there’s a hitch: Vitamin C is so unstable that just a bit of sunlight, air, heat or water renders it ineffective. Depending on the formulation, some products may not stay active long enough to do much good.#
Vitamin E might be called the great defender, since it protects cell walls and regulates collagen breakdown. Vitamin E works best with helper antioxidants like C. Small studies show that swallowing C and E supplements significantly increases the skin’s ability to stand up to the sun’s UV rays. Rubbing on products that contain a combo of C and E also helps prevent damage when used before sun exposure. Since sun is the no1 skin ager, this is good to know
Vitamin A derivatives, called retinoids, have one of the best track records for reversing many signs of aging and sun damage.
Applying a thin layer nightly of these retinoids, will thicken the top layer of your skin, build more supporting collagen, soften rough patches, lighten dark blotches, diminish fine wrinkles, and help your skin hold onto moisture.
Unfortunately, it may take 3 or 4 months of daily use for you to see all of these improvements in the mirror. Also, retinoids dry and irritate skin—especially sensitive skin—so you may look worse before you look better.
Also, one study found that taking a pill combining carotenoids -yes, the substance found in carrots and many orange foods—which the body converts to vitamin A—with vitamins C and E plus a half-dozen other ingredients, improved skin elasticity. Other studies of a pill that combined vitamins B3, B5, C, E and eight nonvitamins had similar results. But these are small, early studies which lacked large scale evidence.
Finally, Vitamin B3 is available in several skin care products. A study in which women applied 5 percent Vitamin b3 serum to half of their face and a placebo potion to the other half found significant improvement in dark blotches, wrinkles, and elasticity on the treated side.
To conclude, even though eating a vitamin-rich diet and taking a multi vitamin will help rejuvenate your skin, eating poorly and having a vitamin shortfall will definitely hurt it. Skin that’s poorly nourished from the inside shows aging on the surface well before its time.
As for feeding your skin vitamins from the outside—evidence is supporting Vitamins A, C, B3, and E is promising especially if used for example as a topical serum.
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