Dr. Tabatha Barber explains why vitamin C matters for skin. It's essential for collagen production, which makes up 70-80% of your skin, and it fights free radicals that cause aging. You need it both orally and topically.
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I see the vitamin C everywhere. So let's talk about that.
So vitamin C is important for the skin for two main things. So vitamin C is an essential cofactor for the production of collagen. And as I mentioned earlier collagen composes 70 to 80% of our skin. It's the part of our skin that makes our skin nice and tight and strong. But the second thing is that it is probably the easiest antioxidant for us to obtain. Okay. Antioxidants fight free radicals. And I mentioned earlier that oxidation and free radicals are one of the main causes of of aging of our skin. That's where the antioxidants come in that you take either by mouth by taking a vitamin C supplement or even better eating vitamin C rich foods like colorful fruits and vegetables. And you can get on top of that apply vitamin C to the surface of your skin like what your daughter is doing to fight the free radicals that are directly impacting the surface of the skin as well as.
