Accelerates Cell Turnover
Vitamin C has been used in skin care since the 1970s, and it’s one of the most common ingredients in anti-aging products. According to the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, this is likely because vitamin C is effective at inhibiting melanin production and therefore lightening discoloration, increasing collagen production and cell turnover. The first part of that process—the inhibiting of melanin production—is key to vitamin C’s use in anti-aging products, which focus on reducing sun damage, preventing wrinkles, and fighting acne. Of course, collagen production is also important in the fight against wrinkles and age spots, and the like, but its role goes deeper than that: collagen is responsible for keeping our skin firm and elastic.
When you consider these properties together, you can imagine how vitamin C serum might effectively reduce visible signs of aging. By working with your skin’s natural processes to increase collagen and cell turnover rates, vitamin C serum allows skin cells to shed properly. Our skin always sheds dead cells—typically 3500 to 5000 cells every hour. As we get older, we produce fewer new cells to replace them (even if we’re taking good care of our skin), so dead cells start accumulating on the surface of our skin. The result is dull, lackluster skin that looks older than it should. Vitamin C serum can help reduce visible signs of aging by promoting healthy cell turnover: your complexion will look fresher and younger when dead cells are shed at the right rate.
