Promotes Collagen Production
Collagen is a protein that attaches to the fibers of your skin and keeps them strong. As you age, however, your body’s collagen production tends to slow down, deteriorating skin quality and elasticity. Vitamin C serum helps stimulate collagen production in your body, which can help tighten up slackening skin and keep it firm and youthful.
Vitamin C serum can promote collagen production by stimulating fibroblasts and keratinocytes to produce more collagen I and III, respectively. Collagen I is the most prevalent collagen in the skin and adds a lot of strength to the skin, helping it to resist tearing from tension or shearing forces. Collagen III is found only in the basal layer of the epidermis and dermis, making up about 20% of the collagen in these tissues. It helps give structure to hair follicles and anchoring fibrils for adhesion junctions between cells in the epithelium and provides structural support for blood vessels.
