Vitamin C Serums Vs. Creams: Which Is Best For Your Skin?

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You now can get your vitamin C skin care in just about every format you can think of: serums, creams, oils, sunscreens, masks and more. But if you want the most effective type of vitamin C product, there's a clear winner, experts tell TODAY.com. 'If you're putting in the effort to put on the vitamin C, you want to make sure you're really getting the full benefit,' Dr. Shari Lipner, associate professor of clinical dermatology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center, tells TODAY.

In a water-based serum, you can usually count on finding that familiar range of 10% to 15% of vitamin C, Gloria Lu, another cosmetic chemist and Chemist Confessions co-founder, tells TODAY.com. Because ascorbic acid, the gold standard form of vitamin C in, and its well-studied derivatives are much easier to mix into a water-based formula, 'all the clinical testing is done with water-based serums,' Fu says.

 

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