Vitamin C Ester

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"My research, both during and after my pediatric training at Yale, led me to develop my patented Vitamin C Ester treatments – a highly effective means of enhancing the skin's glow while helping to prevent internal enzyme reactions which undermine the skin's structure."
— Dr. Nicholas V. Perricone

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for good health and wellness. Without vitamin C, people cannot thrive or even survive. While most animals can produce their own vitamin C, humans and other primates (apes, monkeys, lemurs, etc.) have lost this ability. This means that it is essential that we eat foods rich in vitamin C, and take vitamin C supplements as insurance.

Vitamin C performs many different vital functions in the body. Vitamin C also helps protect the fat-soluble vitamins A and E and the fatty acids in cell membranes from oxidation by free radicals. Last but not least, vitamin C also reduces harmful, sub-clinical inflammation throughout the body.

Certain areas of the brain—especially the nucleus accumbens (vital to movement control) and hippocampus (vital to memory)—contain very high concentrations of vitamin C, which decline as we age.

When accompanied by decreases in glutathione, (a powerful tri-peptide anti-oxidant enzyme vital for cellular production of energy and proper immune function), the body is overcome with oxidizing free radicals, causing oxidation-damaged fats (lipids) accumulate in our cells and tissues.

Vitamin C Ester
Vitamin C is essential in the creation of collagen, a protein your body uses to create skin, scar tissue, ligaments, tendons, and blood vessels. Unfortunately, the skin’s ability to replace damaged collagen diminishes with age, and by eating a diet containing sugar and high glycemic carbs. Sun damage, free radicals, some age-related hormonal changes, stress and smoking also contribute to the damage.

As the collagen begins to degrade, lines and wrinkles form. Vitamin C can help counteract this problem, enabling the skin to grow new collagen-producing cells. This is of major importance in maintaining a youthful face and body because more than a third of the body's protein is collagen. Collagen also makes up 75 percent of our skin.

What few people realize is that there are two forms of vitamin C—water-soluble and fat-soluble—each with distinctly different properties:

Water-soluble vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
This is the form of vitamin C found in standard vitamin supplements. Although Dr. Perricone recommends taking both forms of this precious nutrient, ascorbic acid has some drawbacks. It cannot protect cell membranes, nor can the skin maintain adequate levels when we experience oxidative stress, either from internal sources such as poor diet and stress, or from external sources such as sunlight.

Ascorbic acid can also create a powerful free radical known as a hydroxylradical, via a Fenton reaction with iron in the body. It is also irritating to skin and unstable when used in topical formulations.

Fat-soluble vitamin C ester
Unlike the ascorbic acid form, fat-soluble vitamin C ester realizes this essential nutrient’s full potential as an anti-aging agent. It displays greater anti-oxidant activity in our cells than ascorbic acid does, and performs this vital work at lower doses. In fact, compared with ascorbic acid, vitamin C ester delivers eight times higher levels of vitamin C activity.

Vitamin C ester can reside in our cells' fatty membranes, enabling it to continuously regenerate the vitamin E depleted by that fat-soluble anti-oxidant’s ongoing fight against free radicals.

Vitamin C ester also possesses superior ability to stimulate growth of the cells (fibroblasts) that help produce the aforementioned collagen as well as elastin: the strands of tissue that give the skin its strength and flexibility.

Topical Vitamin C Ester
Vitamin C ester is more stable in topical solutions than its water-soluble cousin, Ascorbic Acid. This allows VCE to maintain its efficacy while it delivers its incomparable benefits. Also, fat-soluble VCE will not produce the negative Fenton reaction that occurs when products containing water-soluble ascorbic acid are applied to skin.

Benefits:

• Provides a readily available form of Vitamin C to the skin.
• Can be used by those with sensitive skin.
• Helps to protect skin from the damage caused by free radicals and inflammation.
• Continued use will diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
• Dramatic improvement in appearance of skin tone, and texture.

Many people find that their face takes on a porcelain glow, the hallmark sign of the power of vitamin c ester to dramatically improve the appearance of skin tone and texture.

Vitamin C Ester to the rescue
Both men and women see significant improvement from regular applications of vitamin C ester. As we age, the skin also thins, allowing delicate blood vessels to show. Vitamin C ester can help give the skin a thicker appearance making these vessels and veins less apparent.

To address the aging face we need to consider two important factors; loss of anatomical position (sagging, drooping muscles) and lines and wrinkles. To help address the appearance of sagging Dr. Perricone has created Amine Complex Face Lift, a DMAE-rich lotion that also contains high levels of vitamin C ester.

This light and elegant formulation should be applied on throat, jaw line, up behind the ears and over the entire face (avoiding they eye area). In the evening, apply Concentrated Restorative Cream, rich in vitamin C ester, to increase firmness and help diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles while lifting and toning.

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Perricone MD Age Prevent Cleanser Leaves skin feeling squeaky clean. — 5oz		Perricone MD Restorative Night Treatment A powerful night treatment that reveals radiant and healthy-looking skin. — 1.7oz		Perricone MD Vitamin C Ester Dietary Supplement Double your health and beauty ritual, working from the inside out. — 60 Capsules
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