Best vitamins for skin care

Vitamins don’t always come in the form of capsules and supplements. Although multivitamins can help fill in any nutritional deficiencies your diet doesn’t fulfill, getting a vitamin boost doesn’t always have to involve ingesting.

It is well-known that we get Vitamin D from the sun, even though vitamin D deficiencies are prevalent, especially amongst men. Vitamins can be supplemented in topical skin care products. Here are some vitamin fixes for common skin imperfections.

Vitamin A to help wrinkles

Vitamin A increase reproduction times for your skin, give you fresh new skin cells and treating aging spots and wrinkles on the surface of your skin.

These products can be over-the-counter lotions, night creams, or prescription products. Often called “retinol,” these are generally applied before bed because exposure to the sun inactivates vitamin A. It increases your skin’s sensitivity to the sun, so if you have to go outdoors during daylight, apply lots of sunscreen.

Vitamin B to help overall appearance

Vitamin B prevents pigmentation in your skin cells, making dark spots less visible. It also helps to increase ceramides and fatty acids on your skin’s outer layer. The protective layer of your skin is strengthened, helping your skin keep moisture in—especially helpful for dry skin. Products with vitamin B will help tone out the overall tone of your skin.

Vitamin C to help acne

Vitamin C can be found in many skin care products, a good way to ensure there’s enough in the one you’re buying is to check if it’s in the first half of the ingredient list. Vitamin C helps neutralize free radicals (highly charged oxygen molecules that damage skin cells) which are the cause of wrinkling, sagging, and acne. It will help smooth out your skin and reverse signs of aging.

Make sure the product you get comes in an airtight container; vitamin C can be unstable if exposed to air.

Vitamin K to help dark circles

Bags and dark circles are caused by thinning of the already-thin skin under your eyes. It could also be a result of the fragile capillaries leaking.

Vitamin K includes retinol, like in vitamin A, which thickens the skin and makes the appearance of blood less visible. Eye creams with vitamin K are also said to tighten the capillaries under your eye-area skin.

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