Best affordable and effective vitamin C serums in 2024
It was Albert Szent-Györgyi back in the 1930s who discovered the world of benefits associated with ascorbic acid aka vitamin C.
The Hungarian biochemist, who won a Nobel Prize in medicine for his findings, is credited with understanding one of the foundations of basic nutrition but also its application in dermatology.
When you next encounter someone who thinks the use of serums containing Vit C as a novel development, you can repeat this fun(ish) fact – or at least hope it comes up at the next pub quiz.
Vitamin C is banded about the beauty community, but what does it actually do in skincare?
“Vitamin C stimulates collagen synthesis and also works as an antioxidant to offer protection against UV-induced photodamage”, says Dr Eirini Merika Consultant Dermatologist at Belgravia
