Vitamin C Derivatives

Vitamin C, like Vitamin A is essential for the skin to be in its best state. It is essential in the formation of collagen, and a lack of vitamin C leads to a condition that sailors used to get known as scurvy. It is well recognised that people in older age groups are often lacking in dietary vitamin C and can have problems with slow wound healing.

For the skin topical Vitamin C can be even more beneficial than dietary consumption. However just because it’s good for your skin doesn’t mean that when its put into a skin care product that it will get into the skin an perform a useful purpose.

This has been the challenge that chemicals have faced for many years, and it is only in recent years that they have managed to develop products that can be put into skincare products and get into the skin in an active form.

Vitamin C Derivatives work in two ways:

Stimulation of collagen formation. Vitamin C does this by playing a direct role in the multiple stages of collagen production process.

Prevention of free radical damage: Free radical formation is thought to be important in the process of aging and breakdown of the skin. By preventing free radicals the skin sustains less damage.

AHA’s Vitamin A and Vitamin C creams work over six weeks to six months to progressively improve your skin and are excellent for skin texture changes. However, if you want a quicker response to the issues of aging or want to deal with heavier age lines (for example, deeper lines around your mouth or furrows such as the ‘glabellar lines’ between your eyebrows, you should consider the use of appearance medicine techniques such as derma fillers, Botox or laser resurfacing.

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Alternative Treatments 

• Chemical Skin Peels: Skin peels are cosmetic procedures used to make the surface of the skin look smoother, younger and more evenly pigmented.

• TCA Peels: Trichloracetic acid peels are relatively aggressive chemical peels typically used for moderate to deep peeling.

• Laser Resurfacing: Laser skin resurfacing uses a laser to remove the outer layers of skin.  As the wound created by the laser heals, the skin becomes smoother, firmer and less pigmented.

• Dermal Fillers. Dermal fillers typically replace levels of collagen or hyaluronic acid in order to plump up the skin, ad volume and restore a more youthful appearance.

• Collagen Injections: Collagen injections are used to remove crow’s feet, smile lines, nasolabial folds (under the nose) and frown lines.

Related Treatments

• Facelift Surgery
• Browlift Surgery
• Eye Lift Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
• Nose Reshaping / Nose Job (Rhinoplasty)
• Dermal Fillers
• Collagen Injections