Dr. Charles Mok explains how medical-grade vitamin C works in a morning skincare routine. The ingredient binds in your skin for about 36 hours, protecting collagen and elastin from UV damage while brightening skin and reducing pigmentation for a younger look.
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radian C
In the morning.
About 36 hours.
Vitamin E.
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So vitamin C is something that we would use in the morning. Those particular vitamin C that we use, radian C, it's got multiple forms of vitamin C and it's a stabilized vitamin C, meaning it doesn't want to oxidate on its own and actually gets absorbed very slowly, unlike some, some other vitamin Cs you might buy. So medical grade vitamin C typically is going to be more stable. There's going to be multiple forms of vitamin C. It's got a little other vitamins like vitamin E to stabilize it as well. It will absorb more slowly, so they can use a much stronger form without turning red. We're using that in the morning now. Vitamin C bonds to your tissues, into your dermis, into the skin for about 36 hours. And it particularly protects collagen against ultraviolet light degradation and elastin. So collagen, what makes your skin thick and not be thin and wrinkly and elastin makes it kind of spring back. So those are both youthful effects of your skin. And vitamin C is really key to helping that. Also, vitamin C helps the skin brighten so it'll be less creation of pigment than skin irregularity. So it'll actually lighten up a little bit with vitamin C.