Here's why you need vitamin c in your skincare routine
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Loading... - Camilla Thomsen
- 04 May 2023
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If you’ve shopped for skincare recently, you know options abound, with countless serums, moisturizers, masks and more vying for shelf space. With so many choices, it can be difficult to find the right products for your skin type and concerns. A foolproof way to narrow down the search? Follow the science. In other words, look for professional-strength, medical-grade skincare—brands with tried-and-true formulas and high concentrations of active ingredients that have rigorous testing and decades of science to back them up.
SkinCeuticals is one such brand. Used and recommended by dermatologists and plastic surgeons, their potent formulas and clinically proven results are built upon more than 30 years of scientific research. It’s also the top-selling medical aesthetic skincare brand in Canada.
The brand’s origin story began in the labs at Duke University, where founding scientist and chief medical advisor Dr. Sheldon Pinnell was conducting groundbreaking skin cancer research. He discovered that by applying vitamin C topically, the powerful antioxidant was excellent at treating and protecting skin from the harmful effects of sun, smog, stress and other environmental factors that cause free radical damage, which accelerates skin aging, leading to wrinkles, dark spots and loss of firmness.
On the heels of this discovery, Dr. Pinnell launched SkinCeuticals in 1997, bottling his breakthrough innovation, and earning a reputation as the authority on antioxidants. His work also resulted in a patent that’s now considered the gold standard for topical antioxidant formulations in the skincare industry. To commemorate Dr. Pinnell’s research, and raise awareness around the importance of skin health, April 4 was officially named National Vitamin C Day. Read More…
