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What it is
Benefits
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Ascorbic Acid is is pure Vitamin C. Ascorbic Acid contains large amounts of antioxidants. It is the largest amount of vitamin C found naturally in our skin. Not only is Vitamin C great for your overall health and immune system, it also has plenty of benefits on your skin.
Vitamin C is best used for brightening skin, such as improving dark spots, acne scars, and hyperpigmentation. This is because Vitamin C has been shown to block the process of skin darkening.
Your skin uses Vitamin C to build collagen. Collagen production plays a role in having a strong skin barrier and having plump skin.
Vitamin C is also a key component in helping your skin regulate collagen, thus making it effective in improving wrinkles and fine lines. As an antioxidant, it helps fight free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells. These antioxidants also protect skin against UV damage.
Vitamin E helps stabilize and provide a boost in the benefits of ascorbic acid. It helps aid in UV protection but becomes unstable when exposed to UV and air.
Vitamin C does not replace sunscreen!
Ascorbic acid is generally compatible with other ingredients. However, using ascorbic acid with other active ingredients might cause irritation. Two ingredients: copper ions and benzoyl peroxide, will inactivate ascorbic acid completely.
Read more about other types of Vitamin C:
Foods rich with vitamin C include oranges, strawberries, broccoli, bell peppers, and more. When consuming Vitamin C, your skin receives a portion of the nutrients.
People also like: Niacinamide, Hyaluronic Acid, Retinol
People also dislike: Niacinamide, Hyaluronic Acid, Retinol
Also known as: Vitamin C and L-Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbic Acid is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 5.0% of the products in our database containing it.
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Where it's used
Ascorbic Acid is most often found as ingredient number 18 within an ingredient list.
Of the 27 products in our database that have a known concentration of Ascorbic Acid, we've seen concentrations from 0.01% to 30% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Ascorbic Acid the most:
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Products with Ascorbic Acid
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 74328
- INCI Name: ASCORBIC ACID
- INN Name: ascorbic acid
- EC #: Â 200-066-2 / 263-644-3
- Ph. Eur. Name: acidum ascoribicum
- All Functions: Antioxidant, Buffering, Masking, Skin Conditioning
