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Niacinamide: Yes! But… #shorts

21 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Shereene Idriss. This content was uploaded by Shereene Idriss. This is a YouTube short titled "Niacinamide: Yes! But… #shorts" (created 2023-04-21). It features a single speaker giving skincare advice: praising niacinamide (a vitamin B3 derivative) for supporting keratin production, restoring the lipid barrier, reducing inflammation, regulating oil, and evening pigmentation (useful for melasma). The speaker criticizes how brands market it, advises a concentration sweet spot of about 2–5% (ideally 3–5%), and warns that higher concentrations can cause inflammation, breakouts, and wasted money. A person named Whitney is briefly mentioned as agreeing.

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My issue with niacinamide has nothing to do with niacinamide itself but how brands are marketing it today. To all of you before we get into it, it's actually a powerhouse ingredient. It is a great ingredient. It's a vitamin B3 derivative that helps not only keratin production, restoring your lipid barrier, reducing inflammation, helping to minimize oil production or actually regulate it. And finally it evens out pigmentation. So for all of those with melasma, it might be a good one for you. So what's the issue? More is not more is not more is not more is not more is not more. This is where less is more. The sweet spot of niacinamide is really between 2 to 5%. Whitney agrees. And so in order to actually get the most benefit of niacinamide, you want to be between 3 to 5%. Anything more than that is just going to inflame you, break you out of the process and make you miserable. So you're losing your money and your dreams.