Touting the virtues and benefits of vitamin C feels needlessly gratuitous when most of us already know them. It's why some of us start the day with an energizing glass of orange juice. It's why others chug an immune-boosting vitamin C powder drink to fight an incoming cold. It's why, from an early age, we're trained to learn vitamin C's immensely vital role . Vitamin C is important — it's a fact that's deeply ingrained in our subconscious.
And yet, when it comes to skin care, vitamin C is less known than, say, sunscreen or retinol ."Retinol is an ingredient that we use for anti-aging and for acne, so more people are familiar with the product — not so much with vitamin C," confirms , a New Jersey-based dermatologist, who estimates that about 80% of her patients don't use a vitamin C serum until she recommends one."Sunscreen, a vitamin C serum, and retinol are the products I always stress. They're the most important ones.
Leave the politics (and 1st grade math) to the grown-ups, please.