Topical Vitamins

Vitamins are commonly used in topical skincare products designed to prevent skin aging and improve aged skin appearance, resilience, and health. Vitamins are organic compounds required for maintaining human health and are primarily obtained from the diet. Several forms of the oil-soluble vitamin A are used cosmetically, the most widely utilized ones being retinol, retinyl esters, and retinaldehyde. There are three primary forms of the water-soluble vitamin B 3 that have found utility in skin care products: niacinamide, nicotinic acid, and nicotinate esters. The niacinamide-treated skin is then more resistant to environmental damage, as determined by exposure of the skin to the surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate and assessment of the resulting transepidermal water loss. Topical panthenol is extremely well tolerated by the skin, leading to wide topical use of the material and many reported skin effects. Vitamin C is well known as an antioxidant and has been utilized as a skin lightener.