Study helps explain common vitamin’s extraordinary power to reverse skin ageing
New study finds vitamin C could prevent skin thinning
- A new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reveals that Vitamin C prevents age-related thinning of the skin.
- The research indicates that Vitamin C achieves this by activating genes that promote skin cell growth and development.
- It notes that the vitamin helps skin cells grow by switching on dormant genes associated with cell proliferation.
- Experiments on lab-grown cells mimicking human skin demonstrated that Vitamin C application led to a significantly thicker epidermal cell layer within two weeks.
- These findings suggest that Vitamin C could be a promising molecule for developing clinical treatment strategies to address thinning skin, especially in older adults.