The Benefits of Topical Vitamin C for Reversing Skin Aging
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2023
- What are the pros and cons of alpha hydroxy acid lotions and chemical peels, as well as the roles of topical antioxidants vitamin E and C, in reversing the signs of aging skin?
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Enjoying the skin series!
It's quite refreshing seeing you bring up the topic of skincare. It is such a big part of the culture nowadays.
If making L-ascorbic acid serum at home, I’d highly suggest getting a cheap pH test strip and check it. It’s easy to get the proportions wrong of LAA to water when doing it at home so check the pH before applying to the face and if it’s below 3, add a small amount of baking soda to the serum until it’s above 3
I just bought 3 of your books, please keep up the excellent work!!! You are the only one putting out facts. We need FACTS!
Dr. Gregor, YOURE THE BEST! Thank you.
Fantastic! I was wondering how to prepare the lotion by myself! Thanks Dr Greger!!!!
I got my book yesterday. Yay!🎉😊
My am I glad I watched this, thank you good Dr!
Enjoying the skin series too. Can't wait to dive into How Not to Age, which is now in my Kindle.
I have a question about the vitamin-C topical application. Is it better to put it on morning or evening?
Thanks again for all the information and being a voice of sanity among the noise.
just a guess...............since it's so cheap, all day long.
@skpjoecoursegold366 usually night time just due to it making your skin more sensitive to sun damage.
In the skincare world, it's recommended that you use vitamin c in the morning since it's an antioxidant and you encounter more oxidative damage in the day (from the sun and pollution).
It is stored in the skin somewhat so it's not useless at night but it's believed to be more effective in the morning
@@themikeroberts Thank you! If one puts retinol A on at night, that and vitamin C might be too irritating. But I was not sure if it might make the sun too sensitive if put on in the morning.
Would derma rolling help the vitamin C absorption?
So fascinating! So nice with the practical take-away, too :) Thank you for sharing
This is gold
excellent info. thanks for sharing Mr. Greger
Man oh man I’m making this !! Dr Greger you are saving our skin and pocket books!! I bought a decent c serum off Amazon and can see a difference Too .
Excellent! I love saving money by doing diy things. Thanks Dr g!
Great Video!!
Be careful not to get l- ascorbic acid and water mix on your clothes or towels too, bc it does oxidize there and it's really difficult to remove the brown stains.
I also add a drop of vitamin e, to keep the vitamin c from oxidation.
Doc, I brought some Vitamin C powder, and I think it works! Definitely better skin tone and increase in elasticity!
Dr. Greger, I’m looking forward to your input on these weight loss drugs and obesity as a chronic disease…!
Wondering if this might help keratosis pilaris?
The homemade Vitamin C serum should last about 5-7 days if you minimize contact with air and light as much as possible. I've read a bunch of different ingredients to add to try and make it last longer but it all seems like a confusing hassle. Ascorbic acid is so cheap that having to make a new batch every week is hardly an issue.
Which powder do you buy to mix it in
How do you make it at home?
Thank you so much!! I was wondering how long it lasts
@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094add 1/10 the grams as mL of water. So as they mention in the video, if you have a 30mL dropper bottle, add 3 g of L-ascorbic acid. Make sure to use a sensitive scale. A level 1/4 tsp is also about 1.5g in my experience.
So 1/2 tsp per 30mL of water basically. I also add a touch of baking soda to reduce the pH
Love it!
Just got the new book and enjoying all the new info on age prevention!
Had a question: I believe I've seen all the videos on hashimotos thyroiditis on this channel, but recently stumbled upon some other findings, namely, Myo-Inositol + Selenium. I'm wondering if this is something you've come across?
From my understanding there are at least a few of them floating for free on the interweb, but some are small studies involving a handful of people and at least 1 that I saw didn't have a control group.
With all that said, the findings were still very promising for existing hyper/hypo thyroid patients, nodule reduction, thyroid malignancy and even prevention of future thyroid issues.
I don't know the answer to your question but you mentioned Hashimotos but you might want to look into information by Dr. Brooke Goldner. She healed herself from Lupus, which is also autoimmune. She has a website, we probably can't post here but google her
@@michigan1085 Thanks! I'll check her out
Timeless C is comparable to the Skinceuticles brand and is sold in an airless glass container. Much cheaper and no grittiness from mixing powder.
When would you put it on if you're applying sunscreen in the morning and niacinamide at night?
Under the sunscreen
Can we achieve this DIY solution using lemon or other citrus fruits?
as a Light-Skinned Indian, I do Glycolic 70% peels every 14 days, do a tretinoin 0.01%, daily Niacinamide adn Vit. C serum almost all the time of the year BUT BUT BUT
I make sure i use Daily Suncreen with a PA++++ rating, Americans sunscreens are outdated and useless. Plus, melanin in our skin protects us from wrinkles. My age is 33, most people think i am 24
Where do I buy L Ascorbinsäure acid? Is it a powder?
there's some on amazon
@@annoyinghermit But at 5 cents per ounce after diluting?
@@wattsupwiththat1463I bought a pound for $8 on Amazon. When diluted at 3g per 30mL it comes out to almost exactly 5¢ per fluid ounce.
Do I put my sunscreen on top of it? (I use a physical sunscreen, non-nano, spf 50, 20% zinc oxide, in a lotion/moisturizer type medium)
I’ve seen people mention putting sunscreen on top, just waiting long enough for the face to dry before applying the sunscreen.
I heard of castor oil as being great for skin. The oil is think, so I apply it with vitamin E to make it thinner. I'm wondering if instead I could apply the castor oil with a vitamin C solution to get benefit from both.
Dilute acids work excellently as a chemical exfoliant and being a mild astringent they tighten the skin a little which reduces the appearance of fine lines for a day or 2. I wash my face with a roughly 5% apple cider vinegar solution whenever I have a bath and apply argan oil once or twice a day after rinsing thoroughly. I've been doing this for 10 years or so and it works perfectly for me, I don't feel I'd benefit much from anything else. Long term skincare is as much what you put in your body as on it. I'll be glad when we can find more effective natural sunscreens, if I remember rightly the claims about raspberry seed oil aren't supported by the evidence.
How about rubbing a lemon on your face and then properly wash it out? Just for the fun I tried that a couple of times and felt great, but decided to stop because I wasn't sure of side effects (other than sun burn, that's why I was washing it properly).
I never thought of that. You could try it in the evening. I think one important part was dilution. Lemons have a lot of vitamin C in terms of what we need but per volume of liquid may be a small percentage.
Still better than nothing and if it feels good it can’t hurt.
Lemon dries out skin, if you apply moisturiser over it then it can work.
Does it have to be l-ascorbic acid? My bottle says ascorbic acid. Is it just a price difference?
Which brand is to be used for vitamin C? Where can we buy in India ?
Dr. Greger! Saw your How not to age presentation and received the book yesterday! Thank you!! When are you going to have… “HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SPERMIDINE” tee shirts
Yes, but what about the latest, more stable form of topical Vitamin C: tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate? What information can you tell us about this? Most are using this form now.
alternative forms of vitamin c do not have the same research behind it as l ascorbic acid does.
Я это делаю уже несколько месяце!!!! Есть результат!!! Кожа чистая и подтянутая!!! Но естественно я и на цельном растительном питании!
I love using my 23% Vitamin C and 30% Vitamin C from the ordinary. The 30% makes my skin so soft in the morning, and the 23% is also very nice, but more mild. The 30% is suspended in silicone which makes it more stable, but better for the night as its thicker. The 23% also has Hyaluronic Acid spheres at 2% which helps hydration, and is suspended in vegan squalene.
I use Ordinary retinol at night and 23% C-vitamin in the morning. Combined with WFPB diet this makes my post-menopausal skin so smooth and glowing, that even without makeup I sometimes get comments that people can't believe I have so many children because I look so young 😂 (I used to have major skin issues, dryness, atopic dermatitis and acne before switching diets)
I tried the 23% version today, its a nice occlusive but very expensive for an Indian customer, I found a channel that teaches us to make one from scratch, simple as that. for 1/20 the price
Will you be able to combine it with micronedling/derma roller to increase the absorption and effectiveness?
@@yoniash I do that sometimes but honestly speaking if you have a low pKa then you don't even need microneedling.
where to buy the vitamin c powder?
I bought mine on eBay
I wonder if niacinamide is complementary to vit. C or a replacement...
I was wondering the same
Does the vit c solution increase sun sensitivity?
No, because it's not an exfoliating acid like the alpha hydroxy acids he was talking about.
In fact, it's an antioxidant so it will help reduce the oxidative stress from the sun.
@@themikeroberts well, it could increase sensitivity for other reasons.
It was suggested that dried Rose Hips, submerged in a carrier oil like Almond, would be a great Vitamin C treatment..I like your suggestion better.
Would using fruit puree with lemon juice work?
No. Also, don't put lemon on your skin. You can cause a chemical burn if exposed to the sun.
If you want to get skin burn, go ahead
No. It’s too acidic, it’s gonna hurt your skin.
@@robertc5325probably the other way round....it never burns my hands when I squeeze the inside of a lemon.
@@robertc5325 Nope. I've used lemon juice on my skin - face - for years. No problem. And common sense would tell one to try a small area first to see how one's own skin reacts of course. When I'm in the kitchen squeezing a lemon and get juice on my hands, I simply use that to pat my fact right then and there. No problems.
If ascorbic acid is not stable in lotions then how can it be stable in a pure form?
It's stable when it's dry, but not in water.
There are water free topical formulas sold, like the Vitamin C will be in a silicone cream.
Seriously. Don't listen to this clown.
How do I measure grams?
Use a kitchen scale.
Isn’t vitamin c too unstable to DIY?
Yes it is
Yes. Throw it out when it starts to turn dark yellow/orange. Thats when it has oxidized
Add a drop of vitamin e to slow oxidation
Not me watching this video after putting on my face 2%BHA and 10%AHA
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Why not more than 10%?
I guess it’s irritating
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Why use Ascorbic acid can’t you just rub a little lemon mixed with water on your face?
It doesn't work. Also, putting lemon on the skin can cause a chemical burn in the sun.
Sorry, I'm afraid just dissolving vitamin C in water won't cut it. To penetrate the stratum corneum, the formula needs to be buffered and stabalised at an appropriate pH. That's why brands like Skinceuticals are so expensive because of the R&D that goes into producing a stable and effective vitamin C serum.
Agreed, this guy is the epitome of a cherry picker. Just does not work like that. Fortunately there are plenty of legit dupes for skinceuticals. Hope no one freaking burns their face with that bs diy dupe suggestion he gave.
If this is true, then why do brands like The Ordinary sell L-ascorbic acid powder to mix in the same way?
Or is it because it's powdered rather than in crystals?
Sorry but how do we know you're not from Skinceuticals?
Many years ago, Skinceuticals just used L-ascorbic acid in their Vitamin C serums. And L-ascorbic acid is not a stabilized form of Vitamin C. In any case, L-ascorbic (dissolved in water) does penetrate the epidermis into the dermis. It doesn't have to be stabilized to do that.
There is no literature on this. I'm a skeptic by nature, but for the sake of my prior skin cancers and multiple sk's and ak's I started trying it. After two months my solar keratosis is gone and as a bonus my bone whie beard has red again. I turned gray 10 years ago. Completely surprised to have a mix of red and white again
this video on the heels of his renunciation of tretinoin. Nah, pass. Also, Dr. Greger won't follow the newest science on the good of hrt for menopausal women.
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Seems like you are in favor of an increased risk of death
What's the problem with the tritinoin?
@@dominicmutzhas6002 His recent video says research suggests it kills people. I've used it for over 20 years. Every night.
Seriously? Thx for writing that cuz I can't trust a Dr who isn't up to date on hrt. Can't believe so many of them still follow the stupid WHI report
I don’t know, but I know pregnant women are not supposed to use it do there must be something
Eat meat
Eat something inflammatory? Yeah, inflammation ain't good for the skin
Be my guest! You are welcome to my portions. Better you than me :-)
There's nothing special about meat.
Pathetic. U really want to spend your life being a pro cruelty activist?
@@thebodykeepsthescore2828 exactly!!