Dermatologist Shereene Idriss explains why pure ascorbic acid irritates sensitive skin and recommends tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate instead. This ester form of vitamin C is gentler while still effective.
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Years old. T minus 8 months. The race is on. And I'm a board certified dermatologist and I have tried, let me tell you, I have tried every single vitamin C under the sun. And how many of you can say they found the perfect form of vitamin C for their skin, especially if you're sensitive? Every single pure form of vitamin C, the purest of the pure ascorbic acid, the one that comes in that aluminum tube, the one that comes in that rinky dinky glass tube with a crappy dropper that retails for nearly 200 bucks and that can break in your travel bag that worst leaves your skin irritated after many, many years. I have found that the ester form of vitamin C, tetrahexyl desolascorbate is one of the best forms of vitamin C for people with sensitive skin. And unlike this.