Vitamin C: A Guide to Everything You Need to Know

As the weather gets colder and our skin starts to feel the effects, Vitamin C couldn’t come at a better time. Boost your immunity, brighten your complexion and feel amazing inside and out with some of the top Vitamin C products. 

Considered one of the most versatile antioxidants in modern dermatology, Vitamin C is touted as skincare’s brilliant all-rounder. Assisting in the treatment and management of fine lines and wrinkles, pigmentation, surface texture and skin tone, it serves as an effective line of defence against harmful reactive oxidative species (ROS) caused by lifestyle and environmental factors. Unlike plants and most animals, Vitamin C cannot be synthesised by the human body due to the absence of an enzyme called L-gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase. While we are able to obtain supplementation from our food and skincare, not all Vitamin C derivatives are created equal which makes the ingredient notoriously hard for consumers to navigate.

So what should we look at when choosing a Vitamin C product? Australian GP and co-founder of Evidence Skincare (ESK), Dre Ginni Mansberg, recommends L-Ascorbic Acid as the only evidence-based form of topical Vitamin C shown in studies to reverse the signs of premature ageing.   

We’ve rounded up some of our favourite Vitamin C products right now.