The Benefits of Antioxidants for Great Skin
While many skincare products have come and gone over the years, a good antioxidant vitamin C is still one of the most essential products to include in your everyday skincare regimen. Did you know Vitamin C is one of the most powerful and effective antioxidants for skin? It provides advanced environmental protection and visible anti-aging benefits, such as reduction in the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and skin discoloration.
In this blog, we’ll explain how antioxidants work, their importance to your skin, ways to implement them into your skincare regimen, and what type of results you can expect to get from them.
What Do Antioxidants Do for Your Skin?
If you’re like most people, the desire to have healthy, smooth skin is a given, but deciding on what products will get you there can be daunting. Achieving healthy skin is where antioxidants play an important role. Let’s start by breaking down how antioxidants work. Different from sunscreens, antioxidants actually work from the inside out
Antioxidants are nutrients and enzymes that can help prevent and repair damage to skin. They work by preventing and slowing the oxidizing effect of free radicals, guarding your skin cells from damage. In addition to helping fortify cells against free radicals, vitamins A and C also encourage cell and tissue growth, helping the body to repair itself while it is constantly shedding and regrowing cells. For this reason, any antioxidants that protect cells and encourage cell growth could be helpful in an anti-aging regimen.
Not only do antioxidants protect your skin, they also simultaneously brighten your skin, even out skin-tone, calm inflammation and slow down premature aging. When choosing your ideal antioxidant product, there are some important things to remember. Most importantly is that not all vitamin C antioxidants are created equal. When purchasing certain products like moisturizers and face washes, drug store brands are perfectly suitable if you have one you like.
When it comes to products like retinol and vitamin C, there are a few things that make medical grade products unique. To start, they contain better quality ingredients. Medical grade, or pharmaceutical grade products are required to contain ingredients that are 99% pure. Products that are purchased at department stores, drug stores, or on Amazon are not held to the same standards. They may contain fillers. Since antioxidants can do such huge things for your skin, it’s worth it to spend the extra money for the quality a medical grade product provides.
The second thing to keep in mind is the concentration of the active ingredients in these products. Vitamin C concentrations can vary widely and may go from less than 1 percent all the way up to 20 percent. If you have sensitive skin, you may find that higher concentrations may be irritating.
Lastly, it’s important to find a vitamin C that feels good on your skin because if you don’t like it, you won’t use it, and consistency is key!
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The Best Antioxidants for Skin
SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic, Phloretin CF, and Silymarin CF are three of our favorite antioxidants!
- C E Ferulic improves the appearance of lines & wrinkles and the loss of firmness.
- Phloretin CF diminishes the appearance of fine lines, discoloration, and improves an uneven skin tone.
- Silymarin CF improves the appearance of fine lines, reduces oiliness, and helps visible signs of aging.
In summary, Vitamin C is one of the most powerful and effective antioxidants! It provides advanced environmental protection and visible anti-aging benefits such as reduction in the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and skin discoloration. Vitamin C helps keep skin healthy by protecting it from oxidative damage caused by daily exposure to UVA/UVB, heat, and pollution. These things make it one of the most important additions to your skincare regimen.
Antioxidants should be applied to the face, neck, chest, and even hands right after you wash in the morning. Give the product a few minutes to soak into the skin before continuing the rest of your routine. Keep your routine consistent and you will slowly notice an improvement to your skin that will be life changing.
Our April 2021 Product Specials: Vitamin C!
In honor of National Vitamin C Day on April 4th – we are dedicating our April Product Specials (April 14th and 15th) to our “must have” in your skincare regimen: Vitamin C.
- Purchase any (2) antioxidants of your choice and receive a FREE SkinCeuticals cleanser ($40 value)
- Purchase (1) antioxidant of your choice and (1) Glycolic 10 Renew Overnight (a corrective night cream that delivers a true 10% glycolic acid for a more radiant complexion, promoting effective exfoliation and natural cell turnover) and receive a FREE SkinCeuticals Cleanser ($40 value).
If you have any additional questions, feel free to call us at 910-256-4350 to schedule a complimentary cosmetic consult!
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