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Microneedling treatment

  When you go to any drugstore or retail store you can be 90% sure of finding dermarollers. Ease of purchase convinced people to buy one, and use it at home. But what is a dermaroller? Are dermarollers good? Should I be microneedeling at home? In todays post I’m going to speak about these popular rollers with little, tiny needles. Probably you’ve seen something similar in the past and you’ve been thinking if you should give it a try. Or maybe you have one lying around somewhere at home? How microneedling works? Microneedeling stimulates your skin to regenerate. Simply put: Small needles stick into the skin and create tiny micro-channels. That allows an active substance, to penetrate the epidermis and sometimes even the dermis. By creating microchannels , skin is forced to regenerate itself and start to produce collagen and elastin fibres. That means microneedeling can improve skin texture, help with fine lines, wrinkles and even pigmentation. The process can be painful. In ...
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Vitamin C in cosmetics

 


In my last post about retinol I promised, to write about the use of vitamin C in cosmetics.
Why the sudden popularity of Vitamin C? Is it worth trying? What is the indication for vitamin C in skin therapy?

Vitamin C is listed as ascorbic acid among cosmetic constituents. It is one of the few vitamins used in anti-wrinkles creams, because of its antioxidant effect. Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals and in doing so protects skin cells from the oxidation process.
(Free radicals are formed internally or externally by air pollution or smoking cigarettes)

Vitamin C is good for all types of skin, especially for mature and sensitive skin, because of an anti-inflammatory action. It can however also cause skin irritation, because some of the products which are containing vitamin C, have low pH levels and increase vitamin C activity. As long as vitamin C is recommended for everyone, not every product containing vitamin C will be suitable for every skin type.

Topical vitamin C restores collagen synthesis and reduces the number of sunburn cells. It extends the shortest exposure time to UV radiation – extends minimal erythema dose.

It strengthens skin by stimulating synthesis of skin ceramides. Helps rebuild the protective barrier of the epidermis. Vitamin C strengthens the walls of blood vessels.

Vitamin C is also great for people bothered by pigmentation. It is well known for brightening discoloration and improving mottled hyperpigmentation.

Most of the products with vitamin C will have an oily consistency, which allows for ease of absorption. There are water-based products with a low pH available.

Vitamin C and Retinol should not be used simultaneously.

Always use SPF while using vitamin C.




Do you use vitamin C serums or products?


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