Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid: all about these ingredients

Let's face it, when we read on a product that it contains Vitamin C or Hyaluronic Acid, we immediately think that it is an effective product. These two could in fact be defined as VIP ingredients of the creams and serums of recent times. Their fame even precedes the knowledge of the real benefits and mechanisms of action that distinguish them from all other ingredients.

So, if you want to delve deeper into this topic, this is the right article for you. Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid: let's find out everything about these ingredients!

Vitamin C: action and benefits

Vitamin C is the name commonly used to indicate ascorbic acid, the technical-scientific name to identify it. It is a molecule that our body does not synthesize and therefore we need to take it from the outside. It is also the most famous molecule known by all for the benefits it brings to the skin.

People who try Vitamin C can no longer do without it. In fact, the complexion is immediately brighter, the skin is radiant, the complexion is healthy and uniform and wrinkles are smoother. How can just one ingredient allow us to achieve similar results? All this is possible thanks to two fundamental actions carried out by Vitamin C:

• Antioxidant action: this means that it is able to effectively combat the harmful action of uncontrolled exposure to the sun and cold. In fact, it works by lightening the spots that can arise due to bad habits and thus evening out the complexion.

• Action that stimulates the production of Collagen: this type of activity of vitamin C is particularly loved because it is the activity that allows the skin to immediately appear more compact and elastic. It is in fact the result of collagen stimulation which is largely responsible for smooth and smooth skin.

Hyaluronic acid: action and benefits

Hyaluronic acid is the other molecule, together with Vitamin C, which is extremely talked about and desired. Unlike vitamin C however, Hyaluroinic Acid is naturally produced by our body, but only up to a certain moment in our life. In fact, around the age of 25, the production of Hyaluronic Acid drops and this influences the appearance of the first wrinkles, especially around the eyes and lip contour. For this reason we often look for products that contain it.

Like Vitamin C, also in this case, the Hyaluronic Acid molecule is able to stimulate the production of collagen, responsible for compact and elastic skin. Let's briefly look at its main mechanisms of action:

• It retains water: thanks to this ability, hyaluronic acid manages to "swell" the small wrinkles that show the first signs of dehydration and loss of skin elasticity. We can therefore say that in a certain sense it is a molecule with a hydrating action for the skin (but also for the hair).

• Repairing and anti-aging action: especially in its form of " Sodium Hyaluronate", very widespread in cosmetics, the molecule penetrates deep into the epidermis and manages to carry out an effective repairing, regenerative and rebalancing action on the skin.

Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid are, in short, allies not to be missed for a complete, anti-aging, super hydrating and protective skincare routine.