{"id":1491,"date":"2020-09-17T00:39:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2020-09-17T00:39:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:39:49","slug":"heres-why-you-should-be-using-vitamin-c-on-your-skin-according-to-a-dermatologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s why you should be using vitamin C on your skin, according to a dermatologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably heard how vitamin C can benefit your immune system when ingested through fruits, vegetables and sometimes supplements. However, vitamin C can also benefit your skin.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin C can help improve darks spots, hyperpigmentation and help boost collagen rejuvenation. It can also help repair damage caused by the sun and pollution. However, the best way to get vitamin C\u2019s skin benefits is through a topical skincare product \u2014 but not all vitamin C products are created equal.<\/p>\n<p>Dermatologist Dr. Caroline Robinson explains, \u201cVitamin C is really unstable, and that means anytime you expose it to light or air, it starts to break down immediately.\u201d So, you\u2019ll want to look for products with ferulic acid or THD ascorbate, which works as a stabilizing agent. Without a stabilizing agent, \u201cit\u2019s vitamin C when you leave the store, it\u2019s not vitamin C when you open the bottle,\u201d Dr. Robinson says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/lifestyle\/2020\/09\/16\/heres-why-you-should-be-using-vitamin-c-on-your-skin-according-to-a-dermatologist\/24621856\/\">Continue at AOL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably heard how vitamin C can benefit your immune system when ingested through fruits, vegetables and sometimes supplements. However,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitamins-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1493,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions\/1493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}